Black Is Beautiful: Jet Beauties of the Week (McLemore LaMonte)(Pevná vazba)

Famed 60s sunshine pop band 5th Dimension's LaMonte McLemore's additional enduring legacy is that of a photographer, contributing a weekly column "Beauty of the Week" to the renowned publication of African American pop culture, JET. Here, for the first time, is his personal selection of the column's glory era. As a founding member and vocalist in the award-winning pop-soul group The 5th Dimension, LaMonte McLemore enjoyed enormous critical and commercial acclaim in the late 1960s and early 1970s. But arguably just as impactful, if not more so, was his career as a photographer cementing Black women and models in American media and cultural history. McLemore freelanced for JET magazine for more than four decades, principally shooting for its "Beauty of the Week" feature, which encapsulated Black joy, style, and beauty. During this time, he photographed over
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