Hi, [...] >> "The Shipping Forecast" - Mark Power
> Isn't Mark Power American? There's a Mark Power who I studied under. He's > been living in England in recent years, but we're out of touch. I guess there must be 2 of them. According to the blurb at the back of the boo 'the shipping forecast has fed his imagination since childhood', which implies he's British. The shipping forecast, for anybody who's curious, is a quirky little British thing. Four times every day a weather forecast specifically aimed at shipping is broadcast on national radio. It's read in a particularly enigmatic, mysterious way. People like to listen to it in bed at night, and it fires the imagination with the names of remote, unknown places with strange names like South Utsira, Dogger and German Bight. It's part of our national consciousness. Mark Power visited all the sea areas which included at least a small area of land, and took photos there. It's a great book. Mark Powers has really been making a name for himself in UK photography over the last few years. >> >> "Vietnam, Inc." - Philip Jones Griffiths > Did you know the original paperback is about a $650 book now? I keep hoping > to find one somewhere. Yep. That's the one I've got, signed in his own fair hand, for me. <g> One of my friends also has a very good copy, almost by accident. He found it about 25 years ago in a small bookshop for about �2-, never knew it had legendary status, and bought it because he liked it. He only learned a few months ago (from me) how valuable it is. >> "The Destruction Business" - Don McCullin > I've tried to get this for years. Very hard book to find unless you pay the > going price. I would add to your list David Douglas Duncan, _War Without > Heroes_, and Gilles Peress, _Farewell to Bosnia_. Similar story - same friend has a copy of this one that he bought new. I know of a few copies over here at reasonable(-ish) prices. I'd love the DDD book. I have a first edition of 'This is War!', but 'War without Heroes' is the one to have. >> "Depth of Field" - Coleman > _Light Readings_ was key for me. I read the whole thing twice standing at > the bookshelf at Olsson's Book Annex in Georgetown D.C.! Do you see Allen > Coleman's website? I have seen it, but I'm not a regular visitor. > I'll just give you a short list of some of my favorites: A lot of great stuff - a lot I've never even heard of. I'll keep the list though! Bob
