November 5, 2006

This, from Murray Barbash, of Brightwaters, New York...

"Just finished the book. Must confess that before I started it, I doubted that it could sustain my interest, what with all the material I have seen and read the last five years. But, in a word, the book is wonderful.

"On a personal note, I was particularly struck by the paragraph on page 223 which starts: 'For many of us, photos are the glue we use to hold in place the disjointed bits of fiction and fact that make up the stories of our lives.' I was in the living room when I read it, and jumped up to look at the family photographs on the piano. There was the high school graduation picture of [my wife] Lillian, which so captivated me that I carried a miniature of it around for three years of army service in WWII. I know what you are talking about."

...And this, from the Web site Fotolog.com, a cryptic, fascinating photograph taken on September 11 (and a nice blurb for the book)...

I have contacted the higher-ups at Fotolog and, alas, no one can identify the person who shot and posted this image. Is there anyone out there who can identify the photographer so that I can credit him/her properly? I would love to know the circumstances surrounding this image. Many thanks...