Commissioned Linocut Illustration Book Cover – Published, Athens, Georgia, Dec. 2008
This book cover has been chosen by The Association of American University Presses’ 2009 Book, Jacket and Journal Show – ( in the Jacket and Cover Division.)
Republished by Le Monde Dipomatique, Magazine, Paris Jan. 2008 ➢ Une radio indépendante, des milliers de bénévoles « Democracy now » donne sa voix à la gauche américaine.
▫ Monday, January 18, 2016 was a Federal Holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, – It felt appropriated to pullout “The Civil Rights Reader” book from my archive shelve. Prior creating the illustration I submitted few pencil ideas sketches, they were presented to a school class. Their choice convinced the published staff it was the right pick. Because it was a none traditional way how this topic was being portraited it was not so obvious to have it accepted. But why wanting to be ‘slave’ of deja-vu imagery while wanting to express specificaly the theme of ‘freedom’… besides, my picture was inspired by documented historical facts.
original[e] linocut ▫ woodcut ▫ gravure sur bois ▫ linogravure ▫ grabado ▫ incisione ▫ Copyright © Raymond Verdaguer 2016
