GASKINS, Bill. Good and Bad Hair.

(Syracuse, NY): Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, 1996. First edition. Softcover. 20cm by 21.7cm. [24] pages. Scarce early publication of Haskins photographic documentation of contemporary black hairstyles and their role as a feature of African-American culture. This volume proceeds the trade publication by a year and was issued to accompany the exhibition of the same title at the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, April 8 – June 30, 1996. Introductory essay “Natural Embellishments: Bill Gaskins’ Good Hair Bad Hair” by Judith Wilson. Illustrated with 19 black and white images where the subjects here have expressively symbolized their sense of self and often their sense of an African or Black identity through their hair. A very good copy in stapled wrappers. This example inscribed by the photographer. Scarce.