ALL IN THE FAMILY:
FAMILY ALBUMS
Bruce Weber

Softbound, 8.5" x 11", Unpaged
2003, Little Bear Press
Black-and-white and color illustrations

"For the past three years, Bruce Weber and the editors at Little Bear Press have published a softbound collection of photographs, paintings, poems, song lyrics, and snapshots that circles around the notion of 'all-american.' At the heart of these collections is a spirit of diversity and acceptance. Weber has always had a knack for presenting his audience with a collection of images that has a ring of familiarity to it; after looking through the book you feel as though Bruce had been sitting next to you on the couch the whole time, describing the full story behind each image. Family Albums, the third installment, brings together an utterly diverse family: Ranee Palone Flynn's portraits of teenagers, Sam Shaw's intimate shots of Marlon Brando, and Mary Randlett's photographic glimpse into the world of poet Morris Graves. And, of course, there are some great images and essays by Weber himself."

All-American: Family Albums introduces readers to a group of diverse and uniquely talented people, all of whom present an aspect of American family life. This diverse universe includes: Ranee Palone Flynn's-winner of this year's Boston Museum of Fine Arts Maud Morgan Prize-portraits of teenagers, Sam Shaw's intimate portraits of Marlon Brando and John Cassavetes with Gena Rowlands, Betty Kuhner's documentation of the Kennedy family, Joel Sternfeld's landscapes from his series "On This Site," Gilles Larrain's visions of transvestites in the late 1970s, music by Phil Ochs, the dreams of Texan painter Forrest Bess, Mary Lloyd Estrin's portraits of residents of Lake Forest, IL, and Mary Randlett's photographic peek into the world of poet Morris Graves. All-America: Family Albums also contains previously unpublished photographic and written essays by Bruce Weber. These are a few of the "All-Americans" contained in Bruce Weber's new book. - publisher

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