Following its release last year to critical acclaim as a first of its kind photo Ebook for the computer, Bronx Boys, published by FotoEvidence, is now available on the iPad. Regina Monfort served as the photo editor. The iPad version was designed by David Gross of Mimetic Books, and represents one of the first high-resolution digital photo books to be available for Apple’s iPad. It operates using iBooks, available for the iPad without charge from the iTunes store.

Most of the work in Bronx Boys has never been seen or published. For over two decades (1977-2000), Stephen Shames photographed a group of boys coming of age in the Bronx in a neighborhood ravaged by drugs, violence and gangs. These young men allowed Shames extraordinary access into their lives on the street, in their homes, and social clubs. Shames met the “Bronx boys” as children, and tracked them growing up, falling in love, and having children of their own. Shames is interested in the interplay between good and evil, violence and love, chaos and family. He captured the brutality of the times — the fights, the shootings, the arrests, the drug deals – but also revelatory moments of love and tenderness. Bronx Boys can be downloaded by visiting http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bronx-boys/id504153095?mt=11. It is comprised of 265 pages and 122 photographs.The cost is $14.99.