The Waters of Our Time

"The Waters of Our Time" was conceived as an homage to Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes' book "The Sweet Fly Paper of Life" published in 1955. It contains 142 of Thomas Roma's photographs spanning most of his career, beginning on the cover with a picture taken from his first roll of film shot in 197 [...]
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"The Waters of Our Time" was conceived as an homage to Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes' book "The Sweet Fly Paper of Life" published in 1955. It contains 142 of Thomas Roma's photographs spanning most of his career, beginning on the cover with a picture taken from his first roll of film shot in 1972, and a fictional text by Giancarlo T. Roma, written as a first-person narrative recollection in the voice of an older woman. The written story begins on the book's cover and is interwoven with the photographs, interacting with and ultimately lending a reflective quality to the interplay between them. The title comes from the song "Follow" (written by Jerry Merrick and famously sung by Richie Havens, also a Brooklyn native) whose lyrics are reproduced throughout the book. A retrospective of sorts, "The Waters of Our Time," is a book that could only be done in the latter part of this renowned photographer's career and with the unique contemplation of his watchful son.