Burden, Shirley. I Wonder Why... Photographs and text by Shirley Burden. Untitled (Friends of Photography) the issue includes:

the issue includes:

Dru Shipman

"snapshot" energy that predated modern street photography

Rip Hopkins

grainy black-and-white figure photography

Burden, Shirley. I Wonder Why... Photographs and text by Shirley Burden. Untitled (Friends of Photography) the issue includes:Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover in illustrated boards, very good plus, with very good protected dust jacket. In much better condition than usually found. A poetic series of photographs, with text from the point of view of an African American girl who likes what most people do, such as the clouds, sun shining on the water, puppies, Christmas with snow, etc. but wonders why some people do not like her. As explained by Edward Steichen in the quote on the back