I took a time-trip wandering through the gallery that photo was in. Holy crap, Ann, such outstanding stuff! Should be in a museum somewhere - what an amazing chronically of that time and place!
It made my night. I highly encourage others to take a look as well. Cheers, frank On October 18, 2015 9:12:18 PM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >It is just a very samll part of what is a well written and fascinating >book, Frank.. >Hope it comes soon to a library near you ... > >ann > >On 10/18/2015 8:01 PM, knarf wrote: >> Amazing photo, so evocative of the time. The movie titles, the cars, >the garbage. >> >> I love this. It is so deserving of publication. Congrats on that! >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >> On October 16, 2015 9:34:32 AM EDT, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >wrote: >>> .. see page 212 ;-) >>> >>> http://books.wwnorton.com/books/St-Marks-Is-Dead/ >>> >>> I've lived in the East Village since 1959, with a brief hiatus 1960 >to >>> 63 in Maine - >>> Lot of my early photos were taken in the 'hood and because an >>> acquaintance >>> saw a copy of my calendar "Back in the Day" I did a couple of years >>> agoone thing lead to another >>> and Ada contacted me for a photo... (yes, she paid me.. what seems >like >>> >>> 10 years ago but was actually maybe two years) >>> >>> This is the shot in the book 0( it is in Sign Language, too.) >>> >>> >https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-City-back-in-the-day/i-MS6knBX/A >>> >>> Actually on Second avenue, just off St. Marks. >>> >>> Got my comp copy and thank you from Ada a couple of days ago - the >book >>> >>> launch is Nov 2 at Copper Union's great hall. >>> I'm going despite it not being my sortof thing.. and hoping I can >>> squeeze into an outfit I bought in the sixties froma >>> store on St. Marks... Kristina Gorby's. (mentioned in the book) Diet >>> commences tomorrow - I needed to do that anyway! >>> With a little luck , Kristina might be at the book launch... >>> >>> Idived intothe book starting in the chapters when I moved here... >had >>> no >>> idea when she bought the photo from me >>> that this would turn into something major - I might have pushed some >>> more choices on her but it was neathaving >>> been found. >>> >>> A bit of good news in the middle of a dismal ebay scene. 65 >listings - >>> >>> nooffers or bids. :-( apparently I aint'the only one. >>> >>> ann -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
