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Summary: A Tar Heel celebration
Review: As one might expect, the pictures far surpass the stories... This book celebrates all things Tar Heel.
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Summary: Spectacular
Review: Destined to become a classic, Hugh Morton has captured the true essence of North Carolina. He includes the physically beautiful and the rich endowment of people the state has been blessed with. Chronologically, it covers an extensive period of time and mixes color with black and white photography. An excellent selection for the native North Carolinian or someone who has visited and was awestruck by its beauty, from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks.
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Summary: Spectacular
Review: Destined to become a classic, Hugh Morton has captured the true essence of North Carolina. He includes the physically beautiful and the rich endowment of people the state has been blessed with. Chronologically, it covers an extensive period of time and mixes color with black and white photography. An excellent selection for the native North Carolinian or someone who has visited and was awestruck by its beauty, from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks.
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Summary: Hugh Morton's WHITE North Carolina - SHAME SHAME!
Review: Hugh Morton's book portrays a North Carolina that is decidedly "vanilla" in its image. "Prosaic" is the choice word in the other review. I call it profoundly narrow and racist. In the year 2003 there is no excuse for this book, especially from a publisher with the caliber of University of North Carolina Press. Morton was supposedly "on the scene" photographing the "historic moments" of the past sixty years of the state. Funny how almost all the images and events captured contain only white people. In the People section there are literally a thousand or more persons in all the individual and group shots. There are, culled from these, a paltry 29 images with Blacks - and this count only by scraping them from the backgrounds in some cases for even the fuzziest representation of their place in the "history" of the state. There are, to his credit, three Blacks appearing at center-stage including Louis Armstrong. However in none of the photos is there to be found a Black woman (except two fuzzy "possibilities" appearing in the background to many whites) - arguably the group upon which much of the state owes it greatness to for supporting others on its trip to greatness, no matter the burden. Oh, and it should be pointed out that of the 29 images of Blacks *twenty three* of them appear as basketball players. Clearly, in Hugh Morton's lens anyways, Black men in North Carolina have contributed most to that history of the past 60 years by doing what they do best - shooting hoops for the Tar Heels. Give me a break.... While it is true that a sum of many experiences and images of many photographers will make up a whole picture of a state, or even a nation, in 2003 this kind of myopic representation - particularly in a state where race has been (and continues to be) such a contentious issue - is not acceptable. In the twenty-first century there is no excuse for such poor judgment where an entire piece of a state's history is left out, erased or "made fuzzy" in the background of a dominant foreground of white hegemony. Publishers are well aware of the politics of representation in media and press these days and UNC Chapel Hill Press is no exception and should be ashamed to be behind such a work: Mr. Morton clearly needs to work on his "black and white" photography some more....
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Summary: Great!!!
Review: I am so happy that Hugh Morton decided to share his photos with North Carolina and the rest of the world. This book is a true gem and records and reflects a history of a proud people and state.
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Summary: Brilliant photography
Review: Stunning photographs of a beautiful state and it's wonderful flora and fauna.
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