For Christmas, I got a gift certificate from my mom for Barnes & Nobel. One present- limited possibilities. Normally it takes me HOURS to decide on a book at a store. I'll pick up one right away, find it interesting, get distracted by another one, put it down, find an even more awesome book, for get the last book etc until the cycle takes three hours and I've left a pile of random books throughout the store and I've spent $150.
This time was different.
I walked into the store, got distracted a little bit by a Sarah Palin dedicated magazine, walked a little further into the store and fell in love. Two things I really enjoy- Italy, and Dan Eldon. The front cover had both. It was like Dan Eldon IN Italy. Except, it wasn't Dan, it was Douglas Gayeton, and he was in Italy. With a camera, and an AWESOME idea. Here- watch the short clip about his idea.
When I was at the book store, I wasn't aware of his concept. I just thought it was a pretty awesome book. (You can take a peek at it here)The book really gives rise to the concept of photography, and what it is and what it can be. Photography is a story. How can you tell a certain story?! There are literally THOUSANDS of ways! I think Douglas Gayeton came up with a pretty original one. My question for you dear readers is this- Would you consider Gayeton's book journalism?
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