#thegodfatherfamilyalbum

[bondvagabond]

Steve Schapiro died Saturday, but it was announced today... He was 87 years old... He was an amazing photographer who photographed everyone from MLK, Muhammed Ali, Barbara Streisand, David Bowie, Ray Charles to Andy Warhol... As we artist say ' the man had an eye'... Sad that he died over the MLK holiday weekend since he photographed the March on Washington in 1963, the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination... He died of pancreatic cancer... After reading a text James Baldwin had written he was inspired to work with Baldwin on an assignment for LIFE magazine traveling through the South and photographing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Jerome Smith... and along the way creating some of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights era... In 2017 TASCHEN books published a book of Steve Schapiro's photography alongside text by James Baldwin called THE FIRE NEXT TIME... i had already owned Steve Schapiro's TAXI DRIVER and THE GODFATHER FAMILY ALBUM (he was the on set photographer on those films...) TASCHEN had an event at their then Soho store with Steve Schapiro talking to the great journalist Herb Boyd about his work photographing those crucial moments in the Civil Rights era with James Baldwin... When i went to the talk you know i had to bring my TAXI DRIVER and THE GODFATHER FAMILY ALBUM with me on the chance he would sign those... And both the good folks at Taschen and Steve Schapiro were kind and generous enough to allow it... Steve was surprised that i had his other books, and he was so gracious that he signed all three of my books... In my THE FIRE NEXT TIME book he signed - he wrote "STAY INSPIRED IN THIS WORLD OF OURS - BEST STEVE SCHAPIRO" #jamesbaldwin #MLK #CivilRights #steveschapiro #TheFireNextTime #Taschen #TaxiDriver #TheGodfatherFamilyAlbum #restinpictures #vagabond https://www.instagram.com/vgbnd/p/CY2A_UVJXC1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[wearemonstruo]

Momento intelectual del día... #Frida leyendo #Thegodfatherfamilyalbum #cat #Fridalove #love #corleone #elpadrino #book #taschen #monstruogram #MonstruoHQ #monstruo #catsofinstagram #picoftheday #instapic #buenosaires #Argentina