Designed by Gregory Foley and Stephen Gan. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. But she’s just bending the ideal by holding true to the photographer’s mantra keep your eyes open and be true to your heart."Ī brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Jona Frank" in ink on the title page. Some people might confuse the realism of Jona’s work with a certain anti-romanticism. These pictures will be placed on the mantles and the walls in their homes. They wanted to share their moment of glory with her, and she in turn made heroes of them in her photographs. I used to visit a gym out in Las Vegas called Johnny Tocco’s that had a sign which read "No Women Allowed." But Jona’s boxers let her have this experience. Bruce Weber states in the books preface "Although some of the most gentlemanly people I have ever met are boxers, for Jona to go into a boxing gym as a woman is a very rare thing. Frank’s photographs provide a record of a sport and a community whose presence is slowly fading. Like the suburb of Liverpool where these photos were made, boxing has a foot in the past while grasping its contemporary purpose. Many of them, shirtless and sweaty, their hands covered with big, puffy, colorful gloves, look timeless, but the truth is they are like any adolescent who is trying on a role and attempting to find their place. This is their 21st Century, their right now, but their faces evoke the past.
It made Frank think about how these boys, in this town, are in their life. In the song they are singing about going downtown and watching the modern kids. All the boys tried to act tough for the camera, and Frank was reminded of a line from the Arcade Fire song Rococo: "They seem wild, but they are so tame". "In the Fall of 2010, photographer Jona Frank began to make portraits at an amateur boxing club just outside of Liverpool in a suburb called Ellesmere Port. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.Ĩ4pp, 43 color illustrations. Heidelberg, GERMANY: Kehrer Verlag, 2016.
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