Powell's has it http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=16-0679432825-0
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>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/ >____________________________________ -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
