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American Snapshots
| A Sampling of Praise for American Snapshots |
"I am just amazed at how much Steven is able to add to every photograph......I probably won't ever look
at my old photos in the same way again."
- Carol Bender, Director of Undergraduate Biology Research Program
(UBRP) at the University of Arizona, and President of the Arizona
Chapter of the Fulbright Association
at my old photos in the same way again."
- Carol Bender, Director of Undergraduate Biology Research Program
(UBRP) at the University of Arizona, and President of the Arizona
Chapter of the Fulbright Association
" . . . the book is beautifully produced . . . I'll treasure it. I know I'll be picking it up again and again . . .
You've made a remarkable thing."
- Judith Pynchon, Ruggles Books of Ruggles & Company, Brooklyn, NY
You've made a remarkable thing."
- Judith Pynchon, Ruggles Books of Ruggles & Company, Brooklyn, NY
"I am just blown away by American Snapshots."
- Laurel Wilkening, Chancellor, University of California, Irvine (Retired)
- Laurel Wilkening, Chancellor, University of California, Irvine (Retired)
" . . . 59 and 29 are killers . . . I wish I could make pictures half as good as some of those. . . . Good
sequencing, too . . . "
- Sally Mann, Photographer (Immediate Family, What Remains,
Deep South, Still Time)
sequencing, too . . . "
- Sally Mann, Photographer (Immediate Family, What Remains,
Deep South, Still Time)
"I have read the letter to your mother which was lovely in language . . . and [with] an undercurrent of
emotion that gave me goose bumps to read. . . . Your thoughts about the photographs giving an arbitrary
edge to the moment and the appreciation of the senses, like the shivering leaves in the wind [and] the smell
of cattle, gave me a new way to access these and all other images in a way I have not considered before.
. . . It's a remarkable effort. It is unique and mind-opening in the very best way."
- Tim Fuller, Tim Fuller Photography, Tucson, Arizona
emotion that gave me goose bumps to read. . . . Your thoughts about the photographs giving an arbitrary
edge to the moment and the appreciation of the senses, like the shivering leaves in the wind [and] the smell
of cattle, gave me a new way to access these and all other images in a way I have not considered before.
. . . It's a remarkable effort. It is unique and mind-opening in the very best way."
- Tim Fuller, Tim Fuller Photography, Tucson, Arizona
"It provides a careful reading of a wide range of images which points out the richness of the snapshot
material and the varying responses that a viewer can have to it. It is quite a book!"
- Robert E. Jackson, Snapshot Collector and Donor to The National
Gallery for, The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978:
From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson
material and the varying responses that a viewer can have to it. It is quite a book!"
- Robert E. Jackson, Snapshot Collector and Donor to The National
Gallery for, The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978:
From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson
| "I was very impressed . . . never seen anything like it." - Wendy Nugent, Lifestyle Editor and Assistant Photo Editor, The Newton Kansan |
" . . . a 100+ page-turning lesson in humility for any photographer with a heart. We realize immediately the
soul of these pictures, and of the power of simple intention. . . . Thank you for doing the book."
- Kurt Markus, Photographer (After Barbed Wire, Buckaroo,
Cowpuncher, Dreaming Georgia), and Publisher, Wild Horse
Island Press, Kalispell, Montana
soul of these pictures, and of the power of simple intention. . . . Thank you for doing the book."
- Kurt Markus, Photographer (After Barbed Wire, Buckaroo,
Cowpuncher, Dreaming Georgia), and Publisher, Wild Horse
Island Press, Kalispell, Montana
" . . . I sensed that the central theme of your book is love, and there it is on the cover for all to see, very
powerful, very loving. Sometimes I pick it up and look at the cover, smile, and lay it back down. I must tell
you that when I read and look at your book, I begin to feel Life-good, nostalgia, wonder, homesick,
spiritually alive. . . . Am I biased? Of course I am, but I tell you I am writing from my heart as best I can.
Steve you did a wonderful job putting this book together. I can tell it was a labor of love. It is written
superbly. The photos are priceless. The construction of the book itself - let me just say - TOP SHELF. In
my humble opinion Steve, your book is a masterpiece. I found your book to be sacred."
Forever and Always your friend,
Jim
- Jim Sandlian, Author's Best Friend from Childhood
powerful, very loving. Sometimes I pick it up and look at the cover, smile, and lay it back down. I must tell
you that when I read and look at your book, I begin to feel Life-good, nostalgia, wonder, homesick,
spiritually alive. . . . Am I biased? Of course I am, but I tell you I am writing from my heart as best I can.
Steve you did a wonderful job putting this book together. I can tell it was a labor of love. It is written
superbly. The photos are priceless. The construction of the book itself - let me just say - TOP SHELF. In
my humble opinion Steve, your book is a masterpiece. I found your book to be sacred."
Forever and Always your friend,
Jim
- Jim Sandlian, Author's Best Friend from Childhood
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"We are all in this together - man, woman, child and beasts. Steve Johnson makes us look at snapshots
with fresh and hungry eyes. And for that, we should be very grateful. I sure as hell am."
- Charles Bowden, Author and Journalist (Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals,
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing, and over 20 other titles)
with fresh and hungry eyes. And for that, we should be very grateful. I sure as hell am."
- Charles Bowden, Author and Journalist (Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals,
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing, and over 20 other titles)
"This is one of the clearest and dearest labors of love in book form that we have come across. There is a
delicacy of perception operating simultaneously with a delicacy in the arrangement of images and yet the
photos speak and dance for themselves. This is the real deal with time capsules opening beyond number,
encompassing the family of man. . . . The production quality of the book is also quite good. We have
seen other privately published books and they are nowhere near this level."
- Elisabeth and Paul Butkovich, New York, NY
delicacy of perception operating simultaneously with a delicacy in the arrangement of images and yet the
photos speak and dance for themselves. This is the real deal with time capsules opening beyond number,
encompassing the family of man. . . . The production quality of the book is also quite good. We have
seen other privately published books and they are nowhere near this level."
- Elisabeth and Paul Butkovich, New York, NY