‘Why am I not able to focus myself?” William Gedney wrote in his journal on 21 January 21 1962. A new book, William Gedney: Only the Lonely, 1955–1984, may help elevate Gedney to his rightful place in the pantheon. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Junior Cornett, Corbin, Kentucky, 1972. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A spread from the photobook A Time of YouthIn 1987, Gedney was diagnosed with Aids and he died the following year at his home on Staten Island, New York. “I believe that from an early age, William Gedney looked out at the world and felt his own exile,” writes Sartor in Only the Lonely, “but it was from this very place of exile that he found his particular point of view as an artist.”• William Gedney: Only the Lonely, 1955-1984 is published by University of Texas Press.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2017 04:52 UTC