And Their Children After Them

In And Their Children After Them, the writer/photographer team Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson return to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans's inimitable Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. With this continuation of Agee and Evans's project, Maharidge and Williamson not only uncover some surprising historical secrets relating to the families and to Agee himself, but also effectively lay to rest Agee's fear that his work, from lack of reverence or resilience, would be but another offense to the humanity of its subjects. Williamson's ninety-part photo essay includes updates alongside Evans's classic originals. Maharidge and Williamson's work in And Their Children After Them was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction when it was first published in 1990.

In Si copiii lor dupa ei, echipa de scriitori / fotografi Dale Maharidge si Michael Williamson se intorc in tara si familiile capturate in inimitabilul Let Us Now Praise Famous Men de James Agee si Walker Evans, extinzand proiectul constiintei si cronicizand declinul traumatic al King Bumbac. Odata cu aceasta continuare a proiectului Agee si Evans, Maharidge si Williamson nu numai ca descopera cateva secrete istorice surprinzatoare legate de familii si de Agee insusi, dar, de asemenea, stabilesc efectiv teama lui Agee ca munca sa, din lipsa de reverenta sau rezistenta, ar fi doar o alta ofensa pentru umanitatea supusilor sai.