{"title":"Women of MM","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"here-i-am-photographs-by-lisa-leone","title":"Here I Am — Photographs by Lisa Leone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIP-HOP MASTERPIECE, AND BEST SELLER!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 x 10 inches horizontal; black and white and color photographs; 104 pages; \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehardcover. \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e$50.00 plus shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith texts by Rosie Perez, Fab5 Freddy, Nas, and others\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: 978-0-9906036-03\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrdering in Europe?\u003c\/span\u003e Purchase from HHV Records in Berlin \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hhv.de\/shop\/en\/item\/lisa-leone-here-i-am-380245\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eSELECT PRESS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eFeatured by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e The New York Times, Juxtapoz, Visionaire online, Rolling Stone online, Jet magazine, Time Out Dubai, NPR, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eand more; with photographs featured in Netflix's series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \"Hip-Hip Evolution\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bronx—Paris—Los Angeles—early 1990s—Hip hop. This culture of music, dance, art and fashion is forever in its nascent and most authentic in \u003cem\u003eHere I Am\u003c\/em\u003e, the first monograph of Lisa Leone’s photographs. From Nas in the first studio recordings for what would become \u003cem\u003eIllmatic\u003c\/em\u003e to Snoop on the set of his first video, from ingénue Debi Mazar hanging on the stoops of the West Village to Grandmaster Flash at a RockSteady reunion, Leone’s photographs open portals to the sounds, places and, most important, the people who forged and continue to influence the energy that is hip hop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Hip Hop was an amalgamation of disciplines that coexisted and collectively changed the world we knew. Today its divided existence pales to its once innocent intentions of being acknowledged. Lisa’s photography captures a culture in transition; it is through her lens that one can appreciate the journey of the young artists who helped pave the way for generations to come.” —Mare139\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBronx-born LISA LEONE infuses her frames with sound and motion, pointing to what would become her multi-faceted way of seeing through both photography and cinema. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/lisa-leone\"\u003eMore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minor Matters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":778044785,"sku":"106","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/1083\/products\/Lisa_600px.jpg?v=1562880522"},{"product_id":"seeing-being-seen-a-personal-history-of-photography-by-michelle-dunn-marsh","title":"Seeing Being Seen: A Personal History of Photography by Michelle Dunn Marsh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7.4375 x 9.4375 inches vertical; 44 duotone \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand color plates and 41 illustrations; 176 pages; \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehardcover with acetate jacket, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e$25.00 plus shipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith photographs by Robert Adams, Endia Beal, Paul Berger, Elinor Carucci, Catherine Chalmers, Adrain Chesser, William Christenberry, Bruce Davidson, Jeff Dunas, Larry Fink, Marina Font, David Hilliard, Lisa Kereszi, Isaac Layman, An-My Lê, Eirik Johnson and Daniel Carillo, Mary Ellen Mark, Jim Marshall, Graham Nash, Sylvia Plachy, Eugene Richards, Meghann Riepenhoff, Charlie Rubin, Stephen Shore, Jonathan David Smyth, Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, Carrie Mae Weems, Alice Wheeler, Will Wilson, and others.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterword by Nancy Salguero McKay, Executive Director, Highline Heritage Museum. Featured exhibition at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.blueskygallery.org\/gallery-exhibitions\/2025\/michelle-dunn-marsh?rq=Michelle%20Dunn%20Marsh\"\u003eBlue Sky Gallery, Portland\u003c\/a\u003e, in July 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: 978-1-7356423-2-1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Being Seen\u003c\/i\u003e is a text-based memoir by Michelle Dunn Marsh, a woman who \"began reading picture books, and ended up publishing them.\" Anecdotes of her professional journey are punctuated by iconic photographs—gifted to the author from projects, obtained through trade, or purchased in support of non-profit arts organisations—by some of American photography’s master practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a personal narrative, the book explores business practices in the visual arts, the joys and challenges of the non-profit sector, and the importance of personal relationships in finding and nurturing a profession that is also a vocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Dunn Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1973, Seattle) is the co-founder of Minor Matters Books. Since 1994 she has professionally engaged with the artform of photography through the creation of over one hundred publications, curation and placement of exhibitions, and development of numerous public programs. She has held leadership positions with Aperture Foundation (New York), Chronicle Books (San Francisco), and Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle), and consulted with the estate of legendary music photographer Jim Marshall, among other professional roles. She was a tenured professor in graphic design, and has lectured internationally on photography and visual book publishing. She holds a master’s degree in publishing from Pace University, and a bachelor’s degree from Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Salguero McKay\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1979, Mexico City) is the executive director of Highline Heritage Museum in Burien, Washington. 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At that time, Khalsa said: “the photographs will serve in the future as a historical document of either a fleeting fad, or the foundation of what will become commonplace in our society.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years have passed since Khalsa completed this photographic project. Bottled water is an over $11 billion dollar industry, yet millions of Americans are daily affected by the lack of access to clean drinking water. The existence of these stores in the early part of the millennium played on human fears and desires—never-ending thirsts—that have become need in a very short period of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKhalsa’s framing of these small businesses is an homage to Walker Evans, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethe seminal influences of Bernd and Hilla Becher, and the typologies of fellow Californian Ed Ruscha—whose words preface the series in the book—while demonstrating a sensitivity to a prescient subject matter that is unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSANT KHALSA\u003c\/b\u003e (b. Sheila Roth, January 3, 1953, New York, New York; currently resides in Joshua Tree, California) is an artist and activist who has lived in Southern California since 1975. Her mindful inquiry into the nature of place is at the root of her life and visual work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer photographs, sculptures and installations have been exhibited internationally; her work is in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Nevada Museum of Art, National Galleries of Scotland, and UCR\/California Museum of Photography, and others, in addition to private collections throughout the United States and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver her esteemed career Khalsa has received fellowships, awards and grants from many significant institutions including the National Endowment for the Arts, California Humanities, California Arts Council and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In March 2012, she was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Society for Photographic Education’s Insight Award for her significant contributions to the field, and in 2015 received the Society for Photographic Education (west region) Honored Educator award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKhalsa is Professor of Art, Emerita at California State University, where she served on the art faculty from 1988 to 2018; she is one of the founding faculty of the CSUSB Water Resources Institute research center and archive. 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It is a space of family and music, where beauty is celebrated and misogyny and racism are trapped in bubble gum and thrown in the trash.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWaters’ work often includes everyday objects and brands from her childhood, fostering accessible entry points to deeper issues of social power dynamics related to feminism, race, and class.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a unique gallery that evolved through three locations in Seattle, additional curatorial projects with museums, bars, and theatres, and her performance talk show, “Thank You, MS. 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