Juke Joint: Photographs FROM THE PUBLISHER
"In this album of full-color photographs Birney Imes reveals a previously unexplored domain, the black juke joints of the Mississippi Delta country, and transforms this familiar phenomenon of Delta cultural life into something rich and strange." Juke Joint includes photographs taken between 1983 and 1989 as Imes traveled throughout the Delta seeking out his subject. Much of his work is shot in time exposures that capture juke-joint moods and feelings and show the blur of human movement as a figure lounges at a bar or steps across a room.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Following its 1990 debut, this collection of 58 color photos of Mississippi juke joints has garnered quite a following, with original editions fetching handsome sums from dealers. The subjects mostly are dive bars, where cheap beer is served over plain wooden counters and a pool table is the main attraction. The photos are appealing, owing to their honesty; the long exposures preserve the ambient light and allow people to appear almost as ghosts. If you have the original, sell it off and replace it with this rerelease. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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