Forget Me Not: Photography and Remembrance
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  • "the desire to remember, and to be remembered"
Forget Me Not: Photography and Remembrance
Geoffrey Batchen
Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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ASIN: 156898619X

Book Description

Forget Me Not explores the curious and centuries-old practice of strengthening the emotional appeal of photographs by embellishing them—with text, paint, frames, embroidery, fabric, string, hair, flowers, bullets, cigar wrappers, butterfly wings, and more—to create strange and often beautiful hybrid objects. Available now in paperback, this spellbinding book features color photographs of eighty such objects, extraordinary works of art, part memento, part obsessive assemblage, created by ordinary people from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "the desire to remember, and to be remembered".......2007-07-11

Batchen's book fills a crucial hole in the story of the history of photography, and his understanding of the medium of photography as more than a simply visual experience is refreshing.

From the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, photography was an extremely important tool for rememberance, arguably moreso than in the present day when there's so much photography that it seems disposable. Photographs were often embellished in elaborate frames, delicate lockets, and velvet-lined cases. Dried flowers, human hair, butterfly wings, and other elements were sometimes included with these images as an attempt to include something tactile, even more real than the photograph itself, in order to invoke a clearer memory and enhance the "immortality" of the person. Batchen uses some very fine examples of early tintypes, daguerreotypes, and various other early photo processes to make his points. The book is rather short, mostly because Batchen is a fantastic writer who is clear, concise, academic, and accessible all at the same time.

The only thing that I wish would have been touched upon in the book is the common practice of post-mortem photography in the 19th century. It would have been interesting to read Batchen's opinion of this practice and how it relates to the idea of memory and photography as it is discussed in this book.

Introduction to Drawing & Painting with Pastels
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    Diana Constance
    Manufacturer: Hackberry Press
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    ASIN: 1931040478
    Introduction to Drawing and Painting With Pastels
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      Diana Constance
      Manufacturer: Grange Books
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      ASIN: 1856278220
      INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH PASTELS
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        DIANA CONSTANCE
        Manufacturer: QUANTUM BOOKS LTD
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          Diana Constance
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          Making Better Color Slides
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            Making Better Color Slides
            Fred Bond
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            Making better color slides
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              Fred Bond
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              ASIN: B0007DP1RC
              Making Better Color Slides
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                Fred Bond
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                ASIN: B000TXLTVC
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                  ASIN: B000ANGW6S

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                  Text / info on professional-grade color slide photography, Part 2
                  Making Better Color Slides Part 2
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                    Fred Bond
                    Manufacturer: Camera Craft
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                    ASIN: B000U0OUA6
                    Making Better Color Slides, Part 1 and Part 2 (2 book set)
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                      Fred Bond
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                      ASIN: B000N6XUI0
                      Making Better Color Slides, Part I
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                        Fred Bond
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                        Making Better Color Slides Part2
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                          Fred Bond
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                          TIL WHAT DO WE PART? A WEDDING PLANNER FOR THE ETIQUETTE IMPAIRED
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                            GREG SCHWEM & TOM CAREY
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                              Greg Schwem , and Tom Carey
                              Manufacturer: Double Eagle Press
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                              Loco for Lizards
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                              • Loco for Loco For Lizards
                              Loco for Lizards
                              Jim Cherry
                              Manufacturer: Northland Publishing
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                              ASIN: 0873587634

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars Cuckoo for Loco for Lizards.......2005-10-14

                              Sure, most of us just turn the garden hose on the little varmits so we don't have to hear the missus screaming in the background. But when author Jim Cherry takes us down to their level, we wind up feeling solidarity with our scaley brethren. Cherry scores points early on by informing us that lizards have been here even before Strom Thurmond and he even scores an interview with one of the largest lizard luminaries ever recorded (no not Jim Morrison --and you can be sure Mr Cherry busts the, err umph "Lizard King" for not singing the praises of his icky minions in his reams of bad poetry). This book is factual but most importantly FUUUN! Beautifully illustrated by the author, it's a refreshing refresher on something most of us know nothing about.Why doesn't someone give this Jim a nature show?

                              5 out of 5 stars Funny and Fact Filled.......2001-04-21

                              This is a real find. Even if they have zero interest in reptiles, anyone who has curiousity and a sense of humor would enjoy this little book. The writing style is a combination of Dennis Miller's sarcasm, Bill Nye the Science Guy's mix of facts and fun, Monty Python's surrealism, and a pinch of David Sedaris's self-deprecation. A great airplane or lazy day read. I couldn't put it down. Made a great stocking stuffer gift for the readers on my list. Most amazing is this book's artful blend of solid information, interestingly presented and wacky fun. Great colorful graphics, too, including paintings by Hieronymous Bosch, Ed Mell, Maynard Dixon and others. Godzilla makes a couple appearances, as well.

                              Don't miss it.

                              5 out of 5 stars Loco for Loco For Lizards.......2000-08-23

                              Okay, I'll confess up front: I'm in this book. But when author Jim Cherry first contacted me to interview me for his book, I really didn't have a clear idea what the book was going to be about, other than the fact that it wasn't going to be about the care of captive lizards nor was it to be a natural history book about wild lizards.

                              Well, Jim was wrong about that: the book is wild. It's wildly fun and colorful, a cornucopia of lizardly facts and artifacts, with lizards in history, lizards in movies, lizards on the walls, even lizards on CDs. Jim has put together a kaleidoscopic collection of information, art work and more in the exploration of the human relationship with lizards, both as living animals and graphic representations in a wide range of media and cultures.

                              As a herp keeper and educator, I read a lot of books on reptiles. Loco For Lizards was a real treat for me, a welcome and often laugh-filled break from the mundane. A must buy for those interested in lizards in whatever form, as well as a great gift for the herper on your list.

                              Audra McDonald - Way Back to Paradise
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                                Audra McDonald
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                                This great songbook is our matching folio to the highly acclaimed debut album by this new diva of Broadway musical theatre. It includes 14 songs written by some of today's most popular composers, such as Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael John La Chiusa, Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel and Jenny Giering. Titles include: The Allure of Silence * Come to Jesus * Daybreak in Alabama * I Follow * A Lullaby * Song for a Dark Girl * Stars and the Moon * Tom * You Don't Know This Man * and more.

                                Parade: The Best of Walter Scott's Personality Parade
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                                  Walter, Sir Scott
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                                    Toward Competition in Cable Television
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                                      Leland L. Johnson
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                                          Childrearing Values in the United States and China: A Comparison of Belief Systems and Social Structure
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                                            Hong Xiao
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                                            Hong Xiao examines the linkage between social structure and child-rearing values in the United States and China. Her primary objectives are to examine the underlying structure of childrearing values, discover the dynamics of the structural-level, family-level, and individual-level determinants of childrearing values, and to compare patterns of value orientations in the two countries. Three value dimensions--autonomy, conformity, and a care orientation--are identified in both the United States and China samples via factor analyses. Furthermore, despite cross-national differences in political system, economic development, and culture history, Professor Xiao finds Americans and Chinese are quite similar in their thinking of the kinds of things to teach children at home. Among the top six qualities endorsed within each country, five are identical. However, sources of value variations are drastically different in the two countries. For example, in the United States, while the influence of class on men's values for children has become muted overtime, class differences in values continue to exist among women. And neither gender nor motherhood is related to the care orientation. In China, valuation of children's autonomy or conformity is conditioned heavily by political conformity, age, and family size. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with gender and family studies, sociology, and Asian Studies.
                                            Childrearing Values in the United States and China: A Comparison of Belief Systems and Social Structure
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                                              USAF Close Air Support
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                                                Richard S. Drury
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                                                USAF Close Air Support
                                                Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                                                • Alright....
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                                                Richard S. Drury
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                                                    Joe Gray Taylor
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                                                        High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis
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                                                        • High noon for Natural Gas
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                                                        High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis
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                                                        In this timely expose, author Julian Darley takes a hard-hitting look at natural gas as an energy source that rapidly went from nuisance to crutch. Darley outlines the implications of our increased dependence on this energy source and why it has the potential to cause serious environmental, political, and economic consequences. In High Noon for Natural Gas readers can expect to find a critical analysis of government policy on energy, as well as a meticulously researched warning about our next potentially catastrophic energy crisis.
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                                                        Customer Reviews:

                                                        2 out of 5 stars Hey if you hate progress, go live in a van by the river, and eat government cheese........2006-09-25

                                                        The information value of this book is limited by the authors anti Western, anti US stance of practically EVERYTHING that has occured since the beginning of time. His whinning is tedious, and really gets in the way of any information thats there. I hope a better book comes out but I will never read another one by him again.

                                                        3 out of 5 stars High noon for Natural Gas.......2006-08-25

                                                        Nice easy reading for non-technical readers who do not insist on verification of facts. Many interesting details, but few data. I have not found any errors or serious omissions, but its somewhat gossippy style is disappointing. The book is not a professional analysis of a diminishing supply or a predicted supply crisis. As is expressed in its title, the book tries to shock and entertain its reader, but it fails to inform.

                                                        4 out of 5 stars Great analysis of gas supply and demand, but unrealistic solution.......2006-04-28

                                                        I recommend this book to anyone interested in peak oil and gas. I've read many books on "peak oil", but this is the first one I've seen about "peak natural gas." It is very informative, understandable, well written, and well researched with copious endnotes. One of this book's strengths is that it takes a global perspective on gas supply. Although Darley's warnings are directed primarily to the United States and Canada, he goes into global supply and demand, country by country and region by region, in a way that few other books do.

                                                        If any Republicans who still like Bush read this book, they may be turned off by Darley's politics. Some Bush loyalists might even call Darley anti-American for being strongly critical of the Bush regime, its foreign policies, and its energy policy. But to right-wingers who say, "America, love it or leave it," remember, this author is not American, he's British! Bush is not his president, so he has no obligation to support Bush, his policies, or the policies of other American administrations. I think this is an advantage, because it gives Darley the independence to speak freely about America from an outsider's perspective, the way the world sees us, as few Americans are able to do.

                                                        My main criticism of this book concerns its suggested solutions to the problem of peak oil and gas. I once criticized a peak oil book by a different author for putting too much emphasis on coal and nuclear power as the solution, ignoring solar and wind, but this book goes too far in the opposite direction! Darley simply writes off coal as too dirty to use and nuclear as too dangerous to use, devoting only about a page to each one. Renewable energy and conservation will be very helpful, true, but Darley is dreaming if he believes that when America is freezing in the dark with no oil or gas, we're going to leave all our coal in the ground, not burn it, just because it's dirty! That is unrealistic. I'm an environmentalist, but face it, there's no way we will abandon both nuclear power and coal. The only way we will avoid burning more coal is to use nuclear power, and the only way we will avoid using more nuclear power is to burn coal. This book is definitely worth reading, at least so you will know what the future holds for Americans, Canadians, and the rest of the world.

                                                        1 out of 5 stars Contradictory and factually incorrect.......2006-03-07

                                                        I don't normally write these kind of reviews, but I felt it necessary to do so here, to counteract a book that I see not just as misleading, but as dangerous. Julian Darley has tried, in this book, to link a purported imminent decline in global natural gas production to the better-publicised issue of peak oil. Unfortunately the book has several fundamental weaknesses.

                                                        Firstly, he fails to present any really convincing evidence for the shortage of gas. He points out the stagnation in North American gas production, and generalises this to the whole world, using one small graph of annual discoveries from Laherrere (it's noticeable that all these peak oil theorists endlessly cross-reference each other's work but don't quote that of researchers with other views). He suggests that global gas production is going to begin declining in 1 or 2 decades, while even his graph seems to show that production could grow for at least 30-40 years, and other writers see scope for increases in global gas production out to 2070.

                                                        Secondly, the whole thesis of the book is contradictory. We are running out of gas, he suggests. Then he suggests we shouldn't even use the gas we have due to the need to reduce energy use to protect the environment. If we really do have to decrease energy use now, then surely the amount of gas we have left doesn't matter. It seems to me that he's just using the argument of peak gas to argue against big investments in a natural gas economy, which would further postpone his vision of a low energy world. The great danger of this is that he may put people off using natural gas, in which case they may well continue to rely on much more environmentally damaging fuels such as coal and oil.

                                                        Thirdly, the book contains numerous errors of fact which undermine his arguments. For example: he states that energy is required to keep the Earth revolving (literally) - what is this energy? Solar, geothermal...? So if the Earth somehow 'runs out' of energy, will it stop spinning...? His simplistic explanation of the drivers for growth in the economy conflicts with any standard economic theory. He attacks capitalism for its record on the environment, but condescendingly mentions that 'Communism was not any better' - I think it would be only fair to say that Communism has been far, far worse for the environment than capitalism - Chernobyl, for instance. Or visit a Soviet-era oil field versus a Western one. He suggests that the main gas suppliers to the US are anti-American (pandering to popular paranoia) - the main current and future gas suppliers being countries such as Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Norway, Australia, Qatar, Russia, Nigeria - these countries have their problems, and sometimes disagreements with the US, but I hardly think any of them could be described as anti-American. Darley stresses how important natural gas is to make fertiliser, but in mature economies, this represents only 2-3% of gas use, and in any case, substitute feedstocks are available. He says that we are exceeding the energy budget we get from the sun, but the inflow of solar energy is more than 1000 times human use of energy in all forms. I could quote more errors, but I hope the point is clear: would you support a plan to reduce the human population by some 80%, based on the opinion of someone with such a shaky understanding of science, geopolitics and economics?

                                                        Fourthly, he is solidly against increase in efficiency and technological solutions because he believes they just allow more economic growth and environmental degradation. Yet the switch from coal to oil and now to gas has dramatically improved air quality in Western cities (compare the 'pea-soupers' of 1950s London with the situation today; or look at the big amelioration in pollution in Delhi with the recent adoption of CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles). Considerable further reductions in environmental impact are possible, for instance carbon dioxide sequestration (which Darley does not mention at all), which would tackle the very real issue of global warming. He misses the fact that, since 1970, American energy use per capita has been almost flat due to efficiency prompted by energy price increases. He quotes the 'Limits to Growth' report approvingly, without acknowledging that this report turned out to be fundamentally flawed because (a) it believed that energy use would not decrease in response to rising prices and (b) that further investment and technology would not discover new resources or substitutes for the apparently depleting supplies of oil, copper, tin, etc. It seems a counsel of despair, and very odd to say the least, coming from an environmentalist (as I also classify myself, by the way) to dismiss the very great gains in efficiency that are easily achievable even with today's technology. Again, the risk is that he will dissuade people from investing in technological advances that could really help the environment.

                                                        Finally, the whole argument of the book suggests that it is too risky to depend on natural gas and we should therefore dramatically reduce population (from 6 billion to 1 billion) and energy use (and by implication, material well-being). I would ask: what is more risky - to depend on LNG (liquified natural gas) imports into the US, a proven technology that has powered the economy of Japan for over 30 years with no serious incidents, or drastically to re-engineer the whole of global society? Is he suggesting that the average North American or European reduce their energy use to that of the average African? This seems almost inconceivable - Darley himself would certainly not be able to run his website with so little energy, certainly if he confines himself to today's technology. If Western energy use remains somewhere above Darley's supposed sustainable level, then is it right to expect the average African not to increase their energy use beyond the current, low levels?

                                                        5 out of 5 stars The Only Book on This Topic as of Today, So I Believe.......2005-12-21

                                                        The "Natural Gas" crisis is the "sleeper" energy crisis of our time; while all the focus has been on oil, the price of natural gas has gone up five-fold (versus two or three fold for oil).

                                                        Mr. Darley's book (published in 2004) is written from an "environmental" perspective more than an "economic" perspective, which may be offputting to some. However, his tecnhical research is thorough and his insights appear to be "right on" as far as events have unfolded over the past year. His main contention is that natural gas production in North America has probably peaked and is headed down, and that the alternative -- importing liquified natural gas (LNG) -- is probably not realistic or even a good idea, given the costs, difficulties in siting LNG facilities, and the long term depletion of hydrocarbon fuels in general.

                                                        Instead of reading another "oil" book, I'd recommend this one on natural gas, until some other newer book comes out to knock this one back in the queue.

                                                        High Noon for Natural Gas: the New Energy Crisis
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                                                          Julian Darley
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                                                          Eliot Porter Moments of Discovery: Adventures with American Birds.
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                                                              Michael Harwood
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                                                                Michael and Eliot Porter Harwood
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                                                                  Eliot (Text By Michael Harwood) Porter
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                                                                    Eliot (photographer) and Michael Harwood (text) Porter
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