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'What's Going On: America 1969-1974' – Photographer Ken Light tells the story

“What's Going On: America 1969-1974” –– “A book of photographs that portrays America during the era of campus unrest, Vietnam & Nixon and beckons memories of our hope & anger.”


The book tells our story,” says photographer Ken Light.

“It shows how I saw America and the actions of my generation through the lens of a 35mm camera from 1969-1974, and gives us some insight and understanding into the most important era of modern American history. It was the time of Woodstock, the rise of the Women’s Liberation movement, campus unrest, SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), The Moratorium, ‘Give Peace A Chance,’ Richard Nixon’s re-election for a second term and then resignation from the presidency, the killings at Kent State University, flag wavers, hippies, the end of the war in Vietnam and the return of the POWs. The full effects of the music and the cultural revolution were upon America.”

“I am trying to create a work to revive memory, raise questions and add to the library of work from that extraordinary period in the 20th century. For those of us who “were there,” it will spark thoughtful remembrance, for those who were not, it will add to your understanding of your own inherited history with these powerful images.” (Ken Light)


“What’s Going On: America 1969-1974” is a Kickstarter project.

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