Jim Marshall's unseen 'peace' photographs, collated and published here for the first time are a timely document for our world today. Almost 60 years after Gerald Holtom created the peace symbol, this body of work is a fascinating, beautiful, and thoughtful reflection from one of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century. It is introduced with a foreword by Joan Baez and text by Peter Doggett. Renowned street artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey provides the book's afterword. The CND symbol was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Holtom later said of his inspiration for the symbol: "I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya's peasant before the firing squad. I formalized the drawing into a line and put a circle round it." The symbol spread from the UK to the anti-war campaign in the US. Marshall's photographs were taken mainly between 1961 and 1968 across America and chart the progression of the CND symbol from a 'Ban the Bomb'-specific protest, to an internationally recognised symbol of peace. He captured street graffiti in the New York subway, buttons pinned to hippies and students, and West Coast peace rallies held by a generation who believed, for a brief moment, they could make a difference. AUTHOR: Jim Marshall (1936-2010) has been called the most celebrated and prolific photographer of the twentieth century. Born in Chicago, teaching himself photography by capturing musicians in the North Beach coffeehouses he loved and frequented. He moved to New York in the early 1960s, working on assignment for Look and Life magazines and shooting album covers for Atlantic, Columbia and ABC Paramount. By the mid-1960s, he had moved back to San Francisco, with a reputation as a formidably talented music photographer already well established. In a career that ended with his untimely death in 2010, Marshall shot more than 500 album covers and his photographs are in private and museum collections around the world. Posthumously, Marshall holds the distinction of being the only photographer to ever be honored by The Grammys with a Trustees Award for his life's work. SELLING POINTS: ? Timely document for world today. ? Photographs by one of most celebrated photographers of twentieth century. ? Never before seen photo essay from the 60s. 120 b/w photographs
Industry Reviews
...hundreds of images of 60s peace signs, by rock's most prolific photographer...His portraits capture a young generation both repulsed and galvanized by the politics of its time: opposed to war, racism, police brutality, and censorship and committed wholeheartedly to peace.--Alice Newell-Hanson "I-D"
In searching for peace in the 1960s, Marshall ... captures the tender emotion -- the anger and fraught optimism -- that bubbles at the surface of resistance.--Lauren Hansen "The Week"
It's a book for a new generations of activists.--Leah Garchik "SF Chronicle"
Jim Marshall is best known for his photographs of musicians in the 1960s and '70s, which capture the style and flavor of the times along with iconic performances. But as Peace, a new book published recently by Reel Art Press, shows, Marshall's focus extended beyond performers and events such as the Newport Folk Festival to the era's most ubiquitous symbol, the peace sign.-- "PDN"
Jim Marshall photographed the spread of the peace sign between 1961 and 1968, with his images now published for the first time...--Allison Meier "Hyperallergic"
Photographer Jim Marshall's poignant, thoughtful and unseen photographs of Gerald Holtom's peace symbol in action have been collated into a new book, aptly titled 'Peace'.--Lucy Bourton "It's Nice That"
The peace sign was inescapable -- and truly a sign of its time.--Lily Rothman "TIME Magazine"
