Windows to Vietnam: A Journey in Pictures and Verse
by Scott C. Clarkson, Veita Jo Hampton
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Author: Scott C. Clarkson, Veita Jo HamptonForeword: Mark A. Ashwill
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-04
ISBN: 0979431301
Number of pages: 178
Publisher: Cheshire Publishing Company
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Book Review: A beautiful book in both words and pictures
Summary: 5 Stars
Windows to Vietnam is truly a beautiful book. Scott Clarkson's photography and Veita Jo Hampton's poetry complement each other perfectly. Clarkson's photographs selectively, yet effectively, show us both a people and a nation that are positive-thinking, confident, optimistic, and ambitious. At the same time, the book pays homage to the character, the culture, the history, and the heritage of the Vietnamese people. Hampton, recently nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, in this book goes well beyond her proposal to Clarkson to allow her to "write to these photos": Her poetry looks not only at but deeply into, even beyond, the photographs and brings out details that are not readily visible in the photos, except perhaps to a poet's imagination and ability to "see" that which may not be evident to others. The metaphoric "Windows" in the title is most aptly chosen, as evidenced in "Carved Frames of Hue" (p. 55; photos pp. 48-57 and back of cover), as well as in other photographs and poems showing or alluding to windows and views. Clarkson's cover photo, "Friend on the Mekong," captures in a single shutter's click the face and figure of a man that reflects the strength, character, and heritage of the people of Vietnam. The poetry and the photographs stand as testimony to Hampton's view, quoted on the inside/back of the book's jacket, that the most effective communication is achieved through the "deliberate blending of words and pictures."
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Windows to Vietnam - A Journey in Pictures and Verse is a 178 page book of more than140 incredible color photographs and 30 related poems about modern Vietnam. This masterful work of a California photographer and Tennessee poet is a collection of photographs and contemporary verse addressing the culture, people and dynamics of Vietnam today!Artists, A-Z Books
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