Happy Birthday Mark! I saw an exhibition of Smith's Pittsburgh photos several years ago. They are wonderful.
Rick --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just had my birthday dinner: Halloumi with asparagus > and brown rice. > ever since my birthday party with Cotty 2 years ago > it's become a > tradition. No Hobgoblin ale available but I did find > "Seriously Bad > Elf", which is also from Oxfordshire (9% alchohol - > yikes!) > > Birthday present from my mum was a copy of W.E. > Smith's book "Dream > Street". In 1955 he quit Life magazine and spent a > year in Pittsburgh > shooting photos (35mm and LF) for this project. Just > amazing stuff. I > recommend this book highly. It's particularly > interesting for me because > I live in Pittsburgh, though I'm still a relative > newcomer. Some things > in the book have hardly changed in 50+ years, while > in other shots it's > hard to believe it's the same city. But all the > photography is outstanding. > > http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780393325126-0 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
