Best New England US Travel Photography

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Since its publication in 1980, The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas has received many honors, including the Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and recognition for its superb design from the Rounce and Coffin Club. The Guadalupe Mountains of the Big Bend region of Texas contain some of the wildest and most magnificent scenery of any primordial wilderness area in the world.

"Our Washington, D.C." is a pictorial celebration showcasing the areas stunning monuments and scenes, offering a glimpse into what makes this city so unique--from the historic homes, trendy neighborhoods, and diverse special events and festivals to the people who live and work in the capital city. Paul Franklin is a travel photographer and writer whose work has appeared in numerous national publications, including Yankee, WoodenBoat, Travel America, Coast to Coast, Harrowsmith, and others.

Through the joys and struggles of homemakers, storekeepers, factory workers, athletes, children, farmers, activists, religious leaders, and Holocaust survivors, the authors tell the stories of how these communities have evolved, thrived, and changed. There are wonderful photos of WeingartenÆs Corset Factory in Newark, for example, and of Fanny Dubnik with chicks at her poultry farm in Farmingdale. ( New Jersey Monthly ). This is a picture book that provides sketches of various aspects of Jewish life before Jews became more like the rest of America. elected to tell this story through the experiences of ordinary people and to eschew the frequently pandering practice of concentrating on highly successful and visible Jews. .And one pores over the scores of photographsùmany of them from the 19th and early 20th centuriesùstudying the faces, the clothing and the details of grocery stores and factories. ( Home News Tribune ). Two New Jersey professors have collected hundreds of pictures and stories from these immigrants and their descendants. ( Record ). The bookÆs photographs will walk readers through the early Jewish communities of major New Jersey cities and suburbs. But perhaps what moved Ard and Rockland the most while creating the book are the family bonds that last through time and continue to form and strengthen the Jewish people. ( Rutgers Focus ). Offers the reader a glimpse into the rich culture and history of New Jersey Jewish community. ( Suburban News ) Jews have called New Jersey home since the late seventeenth century, and they currently make up almost 6 percent of the state's residents. Patricia Ard and Michael Rockland focus on representative Jewish communities throughout the state, paying particular attention to the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Through the joys and struggles of homemakers, storekeepers, factory workers, athletes, children, farmers, activists, religious leaders, and Holocaust survivors, the authors tell the stories of how these communities have evolved, thrived, and changed. They note the difficulties posed by intermarriage and assimilation and, at the same time, depict a burgeoning revival of Jewish orthodoxy and traditions. Its heartwarming stories and pictures truly make the point that it is through the joys, triumphs, and defeats of everyday people that history is made.

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Leigh's award winning photographs have appeared in museum and gallery exhibitions, magazines and newspapers, and in three highly acclaimed books: Oystering: A Way of Life; The Ogeechee: A River and its People, and Nets & Doors: Shrimping in Southern Waters. Praise for Jack Leigh and his other books. Oystering, The Ogeechee and Nets & Doors. ...elegiac black-and-white photographs...Mr. Leigh resembles (Lewis Hine)--not esthetically, but in his ability to depict manual labor and, indeed, the South itselfs, without either sentimentality or condescension. American Photographer. In this handsome volumn, Leigh chronicles in words and images both an untamed river and a vanishing way of life. The Orlando Sentinel. ...the book's sepia-tinted photographs and shared anecdotes form an affectionate and plain-spoken portrait of the vanishing lifestyle of the rural South...Leigh has captured a way of life on film that few outsiders will ever see.

Packed with over 400 color pictures that YOU can take.