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The Truth of Youth
I was standing
outside The Powerhouse, a nightclub on 27th or 28th Street, when shiny
black truck pulled up. Run-DMC and the Afros came out of the club,
piled into the car, and pumped up the volume so everyone could dance.
It was a classic summer in the city, and I was only 16. I don't even
think I knew then what any of it meant, but it all seems so clear now.
And that's the truth of youth: you live it to the fullest.
The new book American Youth by the photographers of Redux Pictures, set for release by Contrasto in July 2009, celebrates the ingenue, the coming of the new, and the beauty of the idealism. A striking and sometimes startling look into the lives of teenagers nationwide revealing the relationships between self-determination and tradition in our country today, American Youth captures the strength of rebellion alongside the inevitable vulnerability of adolescent existence in photographs that stand in both contrast and correspondence to each other. Be it Iraq War widows or debutantes at the Plaza Hotel, JROTC in Virginia or transgenders in San Francisco, this compendium of some 25 photographers provides an unvarnished glimpse into the struggle between rebellion and tradition in the newest generation of Americans, showcasing the edgy empathy that defines the Redux Pictures' collective.
The new book American Youth by the photographers of Redux Pictures, set for release by Contrasto in July 2009, celebrates the ingenue, the coming of the new, and the beauty of the idealism. A striking and sometimes startling look into the lives of teenagers nationwide revealing the relationships between self-determination and tradition in our country today, American Youth captures the strength of rebellion alongside the inevitable vulnerability of adolescent existence in photographs that stand in both contrast and correspondence to each other. Be it Iraq War widows or debutantes at the Plaza Hotel, JROTC in Virginia or transgenders in San Francisco, this compendium of some 25 photographers provides an unvarnished glimpse into the struggle between rebellion and tradition in the newest generation of Americans, showcasing the edgy empathy that defines the Redux Pictures' collective.
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