Books by Philip Brookman

The first complete retrospective of his photographic career--a book that fuses nearly 300 unforgettable images with Parks's own account of his amazing life.

Hospice is health care that provides for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of dying patients; its goal is not to cure, but to ease the patient's passage out of life. However, many Americans are unaware of the choices hospice offers. In an effort to foster a broader understanding of hospice, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Hospice Foundation created this remarkable book. They commissioned a series of visual essays from five well-known photographers - challenging each of them to express through his or her art the essence of hospice care. The resulting book is an extraordinary document: it draws the reader inside the full intensity and revelation of the hospice experience. Marilyn Webb's opening essay describes the little-known history of hospice and the increasingly humane attitude toward dying that is now emerging in America. Jane Livingston compares hospice and the art of photography, and Philip Brookman interviews the five artists. A detailed bibliography assists readers seeking hospice resources. But it is the photographers who guide us into the heart of the hospice world. Here are Nan Goldin's penetrating chronicle of patients in New York hospice care; Jack Radcliffe's frank look at the bond between patients and caregivers; luminous meditations on the experiences of hospice patients by Sally Mann; composite images by Kathy Vargas that evoke loss and remembrance; and Jim Goldberg's poignant examination of his own father's death. Woven through these portfolios are the words of the patients, the families, and the care providers. For those who seek to understand hospice, this book creates an unforgettable portrayal; for those already a part of that world, it is amoving testament.

A book of stories in photos, found documents, etc., detailing the lives of teenage runaways in California.

In the early 1950s, Robert Frank pioneered an original and sophisticated way of looking at the world--with uncompromising clarity and honesty--that has dominated the art of photography ever since. This beautifully designed and printed monograph is being published in association with Frank's major retrospective at the National Gallery of Art. 145 tritones. 15 color plates. 12 duotone illustrations.

Portrays the everyday life of homeless men and women in the United States.