The Mission
Description
Dick Evans captures the pulse of life in the Mission District, the San Francisco neighborhood known for its murals and Latin American culture--and more recently for its rapid gentrification. Intimate, colorful images depict a place filled with diverse residents, stately Victorian houses, hand-painted store signs, Carnaval dancers, Día de los Muertos celebrants, political activists, and its namesake, Mission Dolores (here juxtaposed against portraits of Native people and indigenous cultural objects). Poetry and quotations from Mission residents are interspersed throughout, deepening viewers' immersion into this community. But at the heart of the book is the Mission's famous public art: works that depict Latin American culture, resistance to political oppression, passion for environmental justice, and outrage at gentrification. Evans's photos highlight the growing threat to the neighborhood's character, but they also reveal the many changes that have shaped the neighborhood into its vivacious present-day identity.Product Details
Price
$30.00
$27.90
Publisher
Heyday Books
Publish Date
April 01, 2017
Pages
184
Dimensions
11.3 X 0.7 X 11.1 inches | 2.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781597143608
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About the Author
Dick Evans is a San Francisco-based photographer with an interest in documenting the colorful and rapidly changing neighborhoods of the city. He is the author of San Francisco and the Bay Area: The Haight-Ashbury Edition and The Mission.
Juan Herrera is an acclaimed poet and children's book author. His first children's book, Calling the Doves, won the prestigious Ezra Jack Keats Award, and another book, The Upside Down Boy, was made into a musical for young audiences in 2004. He teaches at California State University, Fresno.
Reviews
-Dick Evans's eye captures the incredible, multicultural, rich life of the people in el Barrio de La Mission. His colorful, amazing photos mirror our vibrant cultural celebrations, struggle for justice, delicious food, historical Victorian homes, murals that speak and tell our stories, lowriders, merchants, and our lifestyle.- -- Roberto Y. Hernandez -executive director, Carnaval San Francisco-
-Dick Evans captures it all with a sharp eye and crisp photographs to take the reader on a magic carpet ride through the Mission.- -- James Prigoff -author, photographer, and lecturer on worldwide urban murals-
-Dick Evans captures it all with a sharp eye and crisp photographs to take the reader on a magic carpet ride through the Mission.- -- James Prigoff -author, photographer, and lecturer on worldwide urban murals-