Authentic Americana: The Art of Social Documentary

This is retrospective collection of the photography of photojournalist James Crnkovich. It is introduced by Bob Mielke and has commentaries by Lester Joos. The book contains fifty-five of Jamess finest photographs in either black and white or color. The photographs document life in America under the following categories: Intimate Relationships Studies Rethinking Art Geometry Incongruous Places the Politics of Irony Gun Culture Public Permissibility Babe-acious Behavior Public Relationships Being Kids and Vanishing America. Each image is accompanied by a contextualizing or reflective comment by the photographer