America's True Colors is an exploration - from coast to coast - of
who we are as Americans. Stephen Marc's magical photographs capture
American identity and sense of place like no other artist has, from
the perspective of a baby-boomer generation African American
documentary/street photographer raised in the Midwest. His book is
a record of the collective American community in 2020, in all kinds
of places; from public gatherings at special events to
commemorations, parades, and protests, to everyday encounters in
city streets. Marc shows the rich gestures of a new American
culture that are performed, displayed, and exchanged every day,
representing hot issues such as immigration, gender identity, civil
and women's rights, cultural diversity, patriotism, community and
police violence, sports and play, and popular culture. As the
United States becomes more demographically and culturally diverse;
Americans simultaneously celebrate and are haunted by the nation's
past. This is a critical period of social-media distractions and
political divisions reminiscent of the turbulent 1950s and 1960s,
and Marc's photos straddle the presidencies of Barrack Obama and
Donald Trump. Americans are witnessing a significant readjustment
in how they define themselves and recognize each other as
Americans; and those in search of the "American Dream" today have
to be prepared for the contradictions. It has been decades since
photographers Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson,
Garry Winogrand, and others made big trips and depicted a nation
undergoing great change in their time. America's True Colors
presents a similar journey: It is at once an homage, update,
critical response, and expanded vision of those earlier pioneering
projects. By comparison, as an African-American man, Marc's
perspective and relationship to the nation's fabric is very
different; his photos show how there has been a major shift in how
Americans both acknowledge and refute, embrace and reject the
emerging diversity. As Marc suggests, America may not have reached
the "post-racial era" that many people have hoped for, as the
nation navigates the conundrums of coexistence. In its nearly
250-year history, the United States of America has experienced many
defining moments, challenged both from within and outside its
borders. This is another of those times, when an imperial president
and a dysfunctional two-party system have left the nation at odds
with itself. It has yet to be determined how Americans will square
the lived reality of its citizens and its foundational principles
and ideals. Marc's stunning portrait of who we are as Americans
contains 250 photographs in advance recognition of America's 250th
birthday in 2026.
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