O. Rufus Lovett

The James Beard Award–winning author of the best-selling Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook and acclaimed documentary photographer O. Rufus Lovett take us on an extraordinary odyssey from Texas to the Carolinas and back to tell the story of Southern barbecue, past, present, and future—complete with more than seventy recipes.

In this portrait of an American icon—the Kilgore College Rangerettes dance drill team—O. Rufus Lovett contributes to a body of work by internationally acclaimed photographers, including Elliot Erwitt and Annie Leibovitz, who have been fascinated by the ‘R

In the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, and Helen Levitt, this photo essay of a rural African American community tells a universal story of the human condition.