First edition of Hardtack by Rahim Fortune (2024)

First impression 

Large format hardback in fine condition 

Signed, dated and located by Rahim Fortune to title page

No markings 

144 pages, 238 × 287 mm, 72 tritone plates

Section-sewn clothbound debossed hardcover

With a text by Imani Perry

About

A significant theme in Hardtack is Fortune’s striking portraits of coming-of-age traditions. Inside, young bull-riders, praise dancers, and pageant queens inherit and gracefully embrace these forms of community ritual. Fortune's dignifying eye pays tribute to these cultural performances' rigour, discipline and creative flair, alongside the intergenerational conversation between young people and elders handing down these traditions. Collecting together nearly a decade of work, Hardtack continues Fortune’s weaving of documentary and personal history, marking a sincere expression of love and passion to a region that has nourished the artist personally and creatively, while also marking an important contribution to photographing the American South.