The Black Panthers - Photographs by Stephen Shames
"Given enormous access to the party, Shames created a historic document of Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and other Panther leaders in private moments and at public rallies. He also chronicled the party's legions of volunteers manning picket lines, demonstrating at their leaders' trials, serving breakfasts to school children and running free food programs." -- Holly Stuart Hughes --Photo District News"The Black Panthers: Photographs by Stephen Shames, published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the founding of the party, is a modestly scaled but excellent survey of the Panthers' early years, combining powerful photographs with a sharp, efficient design (the majority of photos are printed to the edge of the page, unimpeded by text) to present a lucid portrayal of the urgency, pride and determination, as well the love, friendship and occasionally even fun, that drove the movement."  -- Holly Myers --LA Weekly"Photojournalist Stephen Shames met Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton through the anti-war movement in '67; in subsequent years, he captured the lives of Black Panther Party members in striking, time-capsule photos. His new book marks the 40th anniversary of the party's birth." --People Magazine"Released on the occasion of The Black Panthers' 40th Anniversary, this book of photographs by Stephen Shames, who had access to the organisation during the height of the movement from 1967 to 1973, captures not only street demonstrations and protests but also behind-the-scenes moments." --HotShoe International"Stephen Shames' powerful and poignant photographs cast a new light on the political party that helped define America in the turbulent 1960s... His book explores the multi-faceted strategy of the Black Panthers all too often obscured by a pre-occupation with aggressive confrontation and armed resistance." -- Beth Wicks --B&W; (UK)