{"product_id":"malcolm-x-portrait-photo-by-john-launois","title":"Malcolm X Portrait - Photo by John Launois","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/strong\u003e taken by John Launois, July-Aug, 1964\u003cbr\u003eScanned from a slide acquired from his estate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: A4 print\u003cbr\u003eMedia: Hahnemuhle Ultra smooth 305gsm\u003cbr\u003eOpen Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's been 101 years since Malcolm X was born and the open edition is priced at £101 to commemorate this.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photo was taken in Cairo in July\/Aug of 1964, months before his assassination in NYC in February, 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Launois was commissioned by the Saturday Evening Post to take photos of Malcolm X and his image appeared (not this one) on the cover of the edition dated Sep 12, 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Alex Haley's renowned biography, this citation appears:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSaturday Evening Post \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eflew photographer John Launois to Cairo to locate Malcolm X and photograph him in color.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photo available here looks to be an outtake from the series of photos that John Launois photographed. You can see the others here:\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.saturdayeveningpost.com\/sep-keyword\/black-discontent-malcolm\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Photo Plus UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57899280826752,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/5139\/0502\/files\/MalcolmX_001.jpg?v=1776423106","url":"https:\/\/photo-plus.uk\/products\/malcolm-x-portrait-photo-by-john-launois","provider":"Photo Plus UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}