If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument by Lewis, Sarah
If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument by Lewis, Sarah

If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument

Meditating on the legacies of racial injustice in America: a photographic reimagining of Emmett Till's life had...
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Author: Sarah Lewis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument by Lewis, Sarah

If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument

$59.94
If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument by Lewis, Sarah

If Emmett Till Lived: A Creative Monument

$59.94
Author: Sarah Lewis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

Meditating on the legacies of racial injustice in America: a photographic reimagining of Emmett Till's life had it not been cut short

Published with Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.

This book honors the life, death and legacy of Emmett Till through a kaleidoscope of 20th- and 21st-century photography. Both a reckoning with the past and a probing investigation into the current state of American life, If Emmett Till Lived presents a fictionalized narrative of the life Emmett Till might have lived had he returned home in 1955, rather than being murdered at the age of 14 while visiting family in Mississippi, a victim of the racial terror of Jim Crow rule. Curated by writer and scholar Sarah Lewis, the more than 100 photographs from dozens of artists are drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Her selection of works recalls small but not insignificant moments in Till's childhood as well as larger themes from his life's unfulfilled promise. Collectively, Lewis' selections present a poetic and profound photographic account of quotidian moments from a childhood and adulthood unrealized. These photographs speak to the absence of images of Till's life beyond the age of 14. In filling that void, the exhibition more broadly addresses the lasting impact of racialized violence in the United States across generations, ultimately offering a framework for considering how freedom is secured on American ground.
Photographers include: Dawoud Bey, Keith Carter, Teju Cole, Bruce Davidson, An-My Lê, Danny Lyon, Sally Mann, Diana Matar, Gordon Parks, Walter Rosenblum, Carrie Mae Weems.

Author: Sarah Lewis
Publisher: Delmonico Books
Published: 09/22/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781636812311
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