August 19, 2011

Please be on the look-out for three new books. All contain prefaces written by yours truly...

--John Loengard's Age of Silver (PowerHouse), examining master photographers and their work as the era of traditional film reaches its twilight.

--Questions Without Answers (Phaidon), showcasing the ten-year history of the vaunted VII photo agency, founded September 9, 2001.

--The newly reissued Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11 (Picador), with a preface on the roles that image and social media have played in documenting news events since 9/11.

...ALSO... The San Francisco Opera, on September 10, premieres Heart of a Soldier, the tale of Rick Rescorla (described in James Stewart's masterful biography and in Watching the World Change), the decorated Vietnam veteran (and singer of rousing tunes from his native Scotland), whose planning, security drills, patience, and sheer spirit saved hundreds of lives on September 11, 2001. Here's Joshua Kosman, of the San Francisco Chronicle on the subject.