Seeing Texas – serie

In this stunning collection of black-and-white photographs, photographer Richard Doherty takes a deep visual dive into Oak Cliff, the southwest Dallas neighborhood where he has lived for the past four decades. Using a variety of film cameras, Doherty combines vivid, sweeping panoramic images on the main business drag, Jefferson Boulevard, with intimate portraits of people in their workplaces, homes, and yards. These evocative, richly detailed images reveal the unique character of the diverse people, social landscapes, and personal spaces in this often-overlooked section of Dallas. Doherty’s photographs are a testament to his love of Oak Cliff, a place where he has made his home and raised his family. They are also a powerful reminder of the beauty and complexity of everyday life in a modern city.In addition to Doherty’s photographs, the book features a concise history of Oak Cliff by bestselling author Bill Minutaglio, as well as essays by curators John Rohrbach of the Amon Carter Museum and Christopher Blay of the Houston Museum of African American Culture. These essays provide context for the photographs and anchor them in the landscape of contemporary photography. Framing Oak Cliff: A Visual Diary of a Dallas Neighborhood is a must-have for anyone who loves photography, history, or the city of Dallas. This photographic work is a beautiful and insightful portrait of a unique and vibrant place.

Ride shotgun with writer-photographer Randy Mallory on his fifty-year road trip exploring the endlessly fascinating people and places of Texas. The fourth-generation Texan spent a five-decade career traveling every part of the Lone Star State on assignments for statewide magazines and tourism agencies. In more than two hundred photos and four reflective essays, his first photo retrospective offers what he found. At the turn of every page—just like the rounding of every bend—there are delightful and surprising places: a thunderhead billowing behind a spinning Ferris wheel, a Volkswagen Beetle hung from a giant oak, a steam-powered riverboat gliding through mossy swamps, and yard art of a pregnant woman playing electric guitar. Meet the proud and diverse people he encountered: an organic farmer with a UFO museum, rural church members at a foot-washing ceremony, an adventurer riding the highway in a wind-powered sail trike, and five US presidents sharing the same stage. The Fifty-Year Texas Road Trip: On Assignment from Earth to Uncertain is drawn from thousands of images contained in the Randy Mallory Collection at the University of North Texas. The collection and this book serve as a colorful and telling record of one photographer’s attempt to capture Texas’s sense of place during an important and ever-changing half century. The breadth of his career (1972–2022) allows the book to showcase many aspects of Texas history and culture that are gone or are rapidly fading away. A foreword by Dan K. Utley, former chief historian for the Texas Historical Commission, places Mallory’s photography in perspective as a valuable resource in the necessary work of chronicling history as it evolves around us every day.

Dreams and Ideas celebrates the legacy of American theatrical designer John Winniford "Winn" Morton (1928–2022), a Texan who made his way to New York to begin a stellar career that lasted from when he was 18 until he finally retired at 90. More than 150 photographs and original color illustrations demonstrate how Morton paid careful attention to the look of every single performer, consciously conveying character through clothing.Morton started in the early years of live television and then moved to the Roxy Theatre, where fanciful showgirl and skater costumes sprang wholly from his imagination. By 1960 he was appointed head designer for Jones Beach Theater, a key role at a unique, popular destination that he maintained for a remarkable seventeen seasons. Over the same period, he also designed costumes for select Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including Oklahoma!, industrial musicals, and Dick Button's Ice-Travaganza skating show at the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair.His prolific career in New York continued into the late 1970s, until the life-changing event of his mother's death prompted his return to Dallas County. He was quickly hired as artistic director of sets and costumes for Six Flags Over Texas Productions, dressing hundreds of actors in themed musicals performed in the brand's multiple amusement parks nationwide. He also styled lavish galas and private parties in Dallas in the 1980s and 1990s and designed all of the costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus's 1985–1986 tour.At age 54 Morton began the longest-running commission of his career: the Texas Rose Festival in Tyler. He first designed elaborate, bejeweled gowns, trains, crowns, hats, and children's attire for the glittering festival beginning in 1982, adding set designs to his duties ten years later. At his final Rose Festival presentation in 2019, the organization paid tribute to his extraordinary contributions. Featuring guest essays by Jennifer Cronk and Holly Haber, Dreams and Ideas is the first full-length account of Winn Morton's achievements in costume and set design.