>>Reading the life experiences of photographers I admire, it is clear that >>they simply do their own thing and be done with it. > >Recommended book: "Seeing the Light" by Tom Shroder and John Barry (ISBN >0-769-43282-5) > >It's the story of Clyde Butcher and a remarkable story it is. With no formal >photographic training he built a business doing landscape photography and >got rich selling big color photos to corporate clients like J.C. penney. >Then he went bust. Then he scraped out a living selling photos at art shows >around the country, until his son was killed in a traffic accident, when >Clyde decided "screw it, I'm gonna do what *I* wanna do" and comited himself >to doing nothing but large format black and white - stuff that just doesn't >sell on the art show circuit. This is the work that has since made him >famous. He's often referred to as the Ansel Adams of the Florida Everglades >and his work *is* amazing. His story is much longer and more bizarre than my >synopsis here can convey and the authors do a good job of telling it. And >the book is also full of Clyde Butcher's incredible photographs.
Sounds like it's right up my street. Thanks Mark. I checked Amazon (USA and UK) and otehrs, and it's out of print. Does anyone know of a copy for sale? I'm coming to the end of my current read (The Dressing Station by Richard Caplan - a surgeon's autobiography - high terror followed by uproarious humour) and I need something to line up next. Actually, this is quite timely - I was going to start a new thread asking if anyone had any recommendations re bios and especially autobios of photographers. Cheers, Cotty ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________
