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Book Review: Appalachian Legacy

Posted on August 26, 2019 by nathanalbright

Appalachian Legacy, by Shelby Lee Adams This is a powerful book of black and white photographs taken over a long time in rural Appalachian Kentucky.  A book like this, and its images, serves as a test of the mindset of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The American Prison: From The Beginning: A Pictorial History

Posted on June 17, 2019 by nathanalbright

The American Prison:  From The Beginning:  A Pictorial History, published by the American Correctional Association This is both a strange and a compelling pictorial history of American imprisonment, strange because it is rare for a profession to throw themselves under … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hillsboro

Posted on June 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

Hillsboro (Images Of America), by Kimberli Fitzgerald and Deborah Raber with the Hillsboro HIstoric Landmarks Advisory Committee As someone who lives at present just outside of the city boundaries of Hillsboro, it is striking to note just how small Hillsboro … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Oregon State Penitentiary

Posted on May 26, 2019 by nathanalbright

Oregon State Penitentiary, by Diane L. Goeres-Gardner and John Ritter For whatever reason, my library has a large variety of interesting books that are mostly full of historical photographs along with captions and commentary in the Images of America series … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Skulls

Posted on May 12, 2019 by nathanalbright

Skulls:  An Exploration Of Alan Dudley’s Curious Collection, by Simon Winchester, photography by Nick Mann This book’s title is right about one thing, and that is that Alan Dudley’s collection of skulls is definitely curious.  Whether or not that is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Gardening In The Northwest

Posted on April 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

Gardening In The Northwest, by the editors of Sunset Magazine And Sunset Books I have found it to be an immensely intriguing thing that the Northwest has so many regional guides on gardening.  Admittedly, I probably would have noticed other … Continue reading →

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Book Review: After The Ruins: 1906 And 2006

Posted on January 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

After The Ruins:  1906 and 2005:  Rephotographing The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire, by Mark Klett with Michael Lundgren and essays by Philip L. Fradkin and Rebecca Solnit I must admit that I am not very familiar with the phenomenon … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Animal Architecture

Posted on December 21, 2018 by nathanalbright

Animal Architecture, by Ingo Arndt, text by Jürgen Tautz There is a deep and fatal inconsistency in this book, and it demonstrates something larger and more troubling at the problems of science as it relates to design.  On the one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: As Eve Said To The Serpent

Posted on December 21, 2018 by nathanalbright

As Eve Said To The Serpent:  On Landscape, Gender, And Art, by Rebecca Solnit One of the more intriguing aspects of reading material from Rebecca Solnit is that one knows that it will be reliably rubbish [1].  It hardly matters … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Public Library

Posted on September 29, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Public Library, a photographic essay by Robert Dawson When I was going to the public library recently to pick up a book that had been on hold for a while, I saw a library display nearby that had books … Continue reading →

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