BOBBY’S BOOK
Book ID/图书代码： 12070012B56360
English Summary/英文概要： In 1998, at the very moment that a publisher had approached Bruce Davidson about a book of his 1959 Brooklyn Gang photographs, former gang leader Bobby Powers unexpectedly telephoned the Davidsons. Over the next decade, Emily Davidson maintained an ongoing conversation with Powers in order to bring to light his struggle to overcome his drug-ridden and violent past and to inspire others with his example. Through the words and reflections of the former drug addict and petty criminal, this book relates the long, agonizing journey from youthful urban violence and despair to the life of a committed and generous professional. Beginning in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood in the mid 1950s where alcohol abuse and poverty were rampant, Bobby Powers went from being an illiterate gang leader and notorious drug dealer to a destroyed individual who had lost everything, including family members, close friends, and himself, all presented in his own words and in grim detail in this book. At a critical turning point in his life, recognizing the threat of his behaviors to survival, he entered detox and embarked on the arduous path to recovery and self-understanding. This process involved not only acknowledging and coming to terms with the injuries he had inflicted on his children and others, but also asking for their forgiveness.
Having achieved a new way of life as a responsible and caring adult, Bobby Powers is today, at 69, a nationally respected drug addiction counselor who has aided a wide spectrum of people, including former gang members. His story represents a brutal and inspiring lesson in human frailty, degradation, and transformation.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1998年，在非常时刻，一个出版社联系了Bruce Davidson，涉及到他于1959年所著作的布鲁克林黑帮的照片的书，前帮派领袖Bobby Powers 出人意料地打电话给Davidson一家。未来十年以来，Emily Davidson与Powers保持着持续的联系以鼓励他奋力戒毒，远离那个暴力的过去，也以他为榜样鼓励了其他人。 通过这些关于之前毒瘾和小罪犯的文字与反映，这本书涉及一个漫长而又令人苦闷的旅程，即从痛苦的城市暴力与绝望到一个悔过自新的、慷慨的专业人员的生活。在20世纪50年代中期，始于一个工薪阶层的酗酒和贫困猖獗的Brooklyn附近，Bobby Powers从一个不识字的帮派领导人和臭名昭著的毒贩子变为一个一无所有的人，已经失去了一切，包括家人、密友还有他自己。所有的都用他自己的语言非常详细地描述在这本书里面。在他人生中一个至关重要的转折点处，意识到了他的行为对他生存的威胁，他进入了排毒和走上了艰难的康复和自我理解的道路。这个过程不仅仅涉及到承认并且好好处理这些他之前对他的孩子及其他人造成的伤口，而且需要请求获得他们的原谅。
已经过上了一个负责、体贴的成年人的新生活，Bobby Powers在他69岁时，成为了一名举国敬重的毒瘾顾问，已经帮助了各种各样的人，包括之前的黑帮成员。他的故事是一个在人的脆弱、退化与转化方面的残酷而又鼓舞人心的教训。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： EMILY HAAS DAVIDSON出生并且成长于Missouri的Kansas City。在她带着历史学的学位证书毕业于巴德学院后，她在伦敦学习了表演，并且在华盛顿的竞技场剧院演出过。1967年，她嫁给了Bruce Davidson ，她以一个摄影师的合作者的身份把自己的人生献给了舞台。
BRUCE DAVIDSON于1933年出生在Illinois的Oak Park。上完Rochester Institute of Technology 和耶鲁大学后，他在1957年服完了军役，开始以摄影家的身份在Life Magazine里工作。1958年，他加入了Magnum Agency。他在圣迭戈的The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The International Center of Photography, The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego以及巴黎的The Aperture Foundation,and The Foundation Cartier-Bresson举办过个人展览。他已经获得过多种拨款和奖励，包括2004年的2种分别出于一个Guggenheim团体的the National Endowment of the Arts和Documentary Photography的The Lucie Awardfor Outstanding Achievement以及2007年国际艺术俱乐部的the Gold Medal Lifetime Achievement Award 的拨款。他也导演过3部电影。
EMILY HAAS DAVIDSON was born and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating from Bard College with a degree in history, she studied acting in London and performed with the Arena Theater in Washington, DC. In 1967 she married Bruce Davidson and traded life on the stage to work as a photographer’s collaborator.
BRUCE DAVIDSON was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1933. After attending Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale University, he completed military service in 1957 and began working as a photographer for Life Magazine. In 1958, he became a member of Magnum Agency. He has had one-man exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The International Center of Photography, The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, The Aperture Foundation, and The Foundation Cartier-Bresson in Paris. He has received numerous grants and awards including two grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography in 2004, and the Gold Medal Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Arts Club in 2007. He has also directed three films.
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