Tulsa

Clark, Larry

ISBN 10: 0802137482 / ISBN 13: 9780802137487

Published by Grove Press, New York City, 2000

About this Item

A pristine unread copy of the first Grove Press Edition and printing of Larry Clark's landmark book on the underbelly of American. Drugs, sex and rock n roll have never been more dramatically shown than the photos in this book. Originally published in 1971. Laid in is a small 28pg. giveaway catalog from a large exhibition of Clark's that was held at the International Center of Photography in NYC in 2005 includes essays and photos This alone is a rare Larry Clark item. Sold as a collection only.

Seller Inventory # 012087

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tulsa
• Publisher: Grove Press, New York City
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802137482
• ISBN 13: 9780802137487
• Binding: Large Paper
• Edition: First Grove Press Edition and Printing.
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

About this title

Synopsis

When it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark's groundbreaking book Tulsa sparked immediate controversy across the nation. Its graphic depictions of sex, violence, and drug abuse in the youth culture of Oklahoma were acclaimed by critics for stripping bare the myth that Middle America had been immune to the social convulsions that rocked America in the 1960s. The raw, haunting images taken in 1963, 1968, and 1971 document a youth culture progressively overwhelmed by self-destruction -- and are as moving and disturbing today as when they first appeared. Originally published in a limited paperback version and republished in 1983 as a limited hardcover edition commissioned by the author, rare-book dealers sell copies of this book for more than a thousand dollars. Now in both hardcover and paperback editions from Grove Press, this seminal work of photographic art and social history is once again available to the general public.

Review

"Staggering, poignant, raw, compassionate, and utterly honest . . . Tulsa is a major work, almost too good . . . to be true. . . . It is an intense, visceral, wrenching statement."