Publisher Note

When two old friends died unexpectedly, Rick Schatzberg spent the next two years photographing the remaining group of a dozen men. Now in their 67th year, they have been close since early childhood. Schatzberg collected vintage photos that tell the story of this shared history and uses them to introduce each individual as they are today. These are paired with large-format portraits which connect the boy to the man. Mixing in text with these images, Schatzberg depicts friendship, aging, loss, and memory as the group arrives at the threshold of old age.

The Boys juxtaposes elements of place, personal history, and identity. The people and locale described are a specific product of the mid-20th-century suburban American landscape, but the book’s themes are radically universal.

Publisher
Release Place New York, NY, United States of America
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2020
Credits
Writer: Rick Schatzberg
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9781576879634
Work  
Subform Photobook
Topics Friendship
Methods Photography
Language English
Dimensions 20.2 × 24.5 × 3.0 cm
Pages 144
Technique Offset