{"product_id":"9781947603653-it-was-always-abt-the-work","title":"It Was Always About the Work","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Photojournalist's Memoir\u003cbr\u003eMelvin Grier’s memoir reflects on his six-decade career as a photojournalist, capturing powerful moments of life, culture, and community-always driven by purpose, not fame. Featuring nearly 100 photos, it traces his journey from Air Force contests to \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Post \u003c\/i\u003eand beyond, highlighting both personal triumph and industry inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished by the University of Cincinnati Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIt Was Always About the Work: A Photojournalist's Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e award-winning photojournalist Melvin Grier tells the influences and circumstances that led him to tell stories through the camera. Over the last six decades, his work has vividly portrayed community, humanity, irony, fear, war, elegance, art, and most notably, the unexpected. With nearly 100 black-and-white and color photographs included in the book, Grier shares photos from his most famous exhibitions and news stories-images that capture the moment and so much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with his early years as a boy growing up in Cincinnati, readers quickly learn about the young man who while in the Air Force won his first photo contest. He came home determined to make a career as a photographer and despite his lack of formal training and experience, within a few years, he secured a job as a photographer for \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Nearly 35 years later, his daughter became the second African American photojournalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Post,\u003c\/i\u003e a sad statement on the lack of diversity in the news industry in a city where the population is nearly 50% Black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether covering local events, Cincinnati life, impoverished villages overseas, young future Marines on their way to their first post, or high fashion, Grier's photos are unmistakable and evocative. After the closure of The Cincinnati Post in 2007, Grier continued his career as an independent artist. His work has been featured in exhibitions such as \"White People: A Retrospective\" and \"Clothes Encounters.\" For the first time, in collaboration with one of his journalist partners, reporter Molly Kavanaugh, Grier shares why it was always about the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41559165173857,"sku":"9781947603653","price":22.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37711238_efd7e6b5-d6e4-483d-b5c4-1403b9adc957.jpg?v=1762421393","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781947603653-it-was-always-abt-the-work","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}