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JEANNE CAMPBELL REESMAN, SARA S.HODSON & PHILIP ADA® A writers, 1, Sécialist novels | ithe m1 any adven- pher, thef irsth iaikd evoted to London’s pho- . tography, reveals a vital dimension of his art- istry, barely known until now. - London's subjects included such peoples as the ragged homeless of London’s East End and the freezing refugees of the Russo-Japanese War, the latter photographed on assignment for the _ Hearst Syndicate. For Collier’s magazine, Lon- don wrote his eyewitness account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and returned two weeks later with his camera to document a city in ruins but slowly recovering. — ; During his voyage aboard the Snark, London eyaorettractel humane images of the South Seas islanders that contrasted dramatically with the period’s stereotypical portraits ofindigenous . a REE peoples. In 1914 he documented the U.S. inva- . ‘sion of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolu- tion. Although some of his images were used in 3 ‘newspaper and magazine stories and in his Ké aR aE. os 2 Sone _books The People of the Abyss and The Cruise of sie RE ae ea eee3 ae the Snark, the majority have remained unpub- Saget 5 lished until now. from theo riginal nega- ate Parks colton | _ ine a Of e.,| LAKE TAHOE COMMUNI ONE COLLEGE DRIVE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA 96150 (530) 541-4660 ext. 232 http://library.Itcc.edu ack London, PHOTOGRAPHER Jack London Photographer KE Ok uP (yor JEANNE CAMPBELL REESMAN, SARA S. HODSON & PHILIP ADAM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS Athaend nLosndo n © 2010 by the Library of Congress Friends Fund i publication University of Georgia Press Cataloging-in-Publication Data Athens, Georgia 30602 Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Unless otherwise noted, all images are from Wwww.ugapress.org Jack London, photographer / the following two sources: the Jack London All rights reserved Jeanne Campbell Reesman, Sara S. Hodson, Historic Negative Collection (these images Designed by Richard Hendel and Philip Adam. appear courtesy of California State Parks, Jack Set in Miller and Fresco types by p.cm. London State Historical Park 2010) and the April Leidig-Higgins, Copperline Book Services Includes bibliographical references and index. Jack London Collection, Huntington Library, ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2967-3 San Marino, California. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for (hardcover : alk. paper) permanence and durability of the Committee on ISBN-10: 0-8203-2967-3 Portions of chapter 4, “The Cruise of the Snark,” Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the (hardcover : alk. paper) were first published, in a slightly different Council on Library Resources. 1. London, Jack, 1876-1916 — Archives. form, in Jack London’s Racial Lives: A Critical 2. Photographers — United States — Biography. Biography, by Jeanne Campbell Reesman Printed in China 3. Authors, American — 20th century — (University of Georgia Press, 2009). Biography. 4. Henry E. Huntington Library i 1 1 itil iO < & 4) @ B@ il and Art Gallery— Photograph collections. I. Hodson, SaraS. II. Adam, Philip. III. Title. TR140.L664R44 2010 770.92 — dce22 [B] 2010005973 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available This publication was made possible To in part by a generous grant from Milo Shepard Craig and Diana Barrow in honor and Earle Labor, of their many friends who work with for their vision. and for the University of Georgia. JCR SSH PA Contents Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. The People of the Abyss The Russo-Japanese The San Francisco Preface ix (1903) War, 1904 Earthquake, 1906 A Photographer's GAS 56 J15, Reflections on Jack London awiiz Introduction. Jack London’s “Human Documents” J
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