When it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark's groundbreaking book Tulsa sparked immediate controversy across the nation. Its graphic depictions of sex, violence, and drug abuse in the youth culture of Oklahoma were acclaimed by critics for
stripping bare the myth that Middle America had been immune to the social convulsions that rocked America in the 1960s. The raw, haunting images taken in 1963, 1968, and 1971 document a youth culture progressively overwhelmed by self-destruction - and are as moving and disturbing today as when they first appeared. Originally published in a limited paperback version and republished in 1983 as a limited
hardcover edition commissioned by the author, rare-book…
After seeing the recent Larry Clark collection at the
International Center of Photography in New York, I decided I needed this collection.I had never experienced this side of Tulsa (the city) before.… Wasted lives and forgotten deaths. And a sense of voyeur's shame.
