Tha Bloc: Words, Photographs and Baltimore City in Black White and Gray

By T.P. Luce

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974456004
• ISBN13: 9780974456003
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Obie Joe Media, LLC
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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This work represents that kind of excellent artistic expression that makes being a human wonderful. "Luce" does a fantastic job of combining solid commentary with powerful images. Outstanding!

The wonderful display of life, words and reality!

First off I want to say this is an excellent display of what life is though the eyes of the author. I lived in Baltimore City for two years before moving to the Washington D.C. area and his book is so reflective of the city and its people. The plus' and minus' ---the strength's and weakness'. The words in the book are as thought provoking as the photography, almost to the point that the books could of been all words or all pictures and still spoke the same message. TP Luce shows the issues revolving in Black America as more than just "Black Issues", but as world issues...issues that effects the poor,rich,advantaged and disadvantaged. The photography is well shot and proves his years of photography experience. Looking through his eyes shows the lost and the found of a city that America tends to forget (for many unfortunate reasons) that less than 40 minutes away from the nation's capital. This book is a must have for people with an interest in socialogy and photography. Because this book covers that and much more!

unusual combination of known and new images

"thaBloc"is one of those rare statements by an artist who lives the life he documented, yet is careful enough to apply rigorious standards of observation to make this book an extraordinary look at one neighborhood. The poems and photographs build a rhythmical case against the things that mess with the lives of those who live on the block. True, some of the photographs could remind you of all the stereotypes of urban life...until you look again, look again and see how what you see isn't always the truth. Simply unforgettable.