A hook and ladder company, gravediggers and bingo enthusiasts are some of the eye-popping denizens truly celebrated by film director and photographer Neal Slavin in the expanded golden anniversary edition of When Two or More are Gathered Together. Years ago, his group portrait of a boy-scout troop, all shiny medals, reds and tans, faces freckled or milky white, inspired a life-long allegiance to color and a fascination with groups. “I want my work to affirm our self-identity within our public persona; to affirm the joy of being together rather than being apart.” My, how tribes have changed.
Damiani Books, damianibooks.com
This review was originally published in our FALL 2024 Quarterly.
