From: Michael Healy (mjhealy@kcnet.com)
Date: 12/27/02-10:11:00 PM Z
Shannon, I got no books at all. Nobody loves me. Probably deserved. Oh,
wait, I forgot. The other day, my girlfriend did order me a copy of "Keepers
of Light". It will arrive any day now. I'd been grousing for that long about
the space reserved for it on my bookshelf. But does it count that I got a
neat Toyo ground glass loupe for my 4x5? Finally, when I traipse off into
the desert, I can leave the light table loupe at home.
WAIT! What about books we gave to other people? You didn't mention those. Is
it okay to talk "giving" instead of "getting"? One of my dear friends is
getting (duh, from me) a copy of Olivia Parker's "Weighing the Planets". An
absolutely astonishing collection of work. She'd better like it, too, or
there isn't room in the West for the two of us...
By the way, Shannon, it's the season and it's the moment, so I might as well
say something that's been on my mind. Your emails are simply First Class.
When we folks get an email from you, it makes my day. I've become a
front-row member of the Shannon Fan Club. Please please please keep it up in
2003. I for one am stranded out here in an Alien Desert Culture, far from
Northern California, way too close to Los "anethema" Angeles. Much rides on
your contributions. Happy holidays!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Stoney" <shannonstoney@earthlink.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 8:49 PM
Subject: did you get a nice book for Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa?
Before the winter holiday we were talking about some books that it would be
nice to receive for a present. I wonder what books people got that they
like and would recommend? I got a very nice one called The Book of 101
Books: The Seminal Photographic Books of the 20th Century. I haven't read
it cover to cover yet, but I looked through it. It begins with Edward
Curtis's The North American Indian, and runs through Camera Work, many
European books I had never heard of, Robert Frank's The Americans and on up
to our own time. For each book there are a few images. Most of the
reproductions are rather small, but the text about how each book came to be
is very interesting. There is a huge variety of formats for the
"photographic book." Some contain drawings, maps, a little text or a lot.
YOu could use this book to teach yourself a great deal about the history
of photography, by going to the library and looking for each book mentioned.
YOu could also use it to start a wonderful collection of books of your own.
--shannon
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