[PW] photographer profiled in The Smithsonian

[S M Colowick]

I don't know about the article, but the photographer may have been Jem
Southam. "His trademark is the patient observation of changes at a
single location over many months or years."
(http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/past_exhns/southam/index.html)

smc

On Jan 24, 2008 1:36 PM, Sue Kamm <suekamm at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Try asking the Smithsonian libraries:  http://www.sil.si.edu/research/help/index.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike Strahan <mstrahan at nmu.edu>
> >Sent: Jan 24, 2008 12:05 PM
> >To: list at project-wombat.org
> >Subject: [PW] photographer profiled in The Smithsonian
> >
> >Greetings,
> >
> >Have I got a stumper for you folks.
> >
> >One of my patrons is looking for an article she believes was
> >published in The Smithsonian. I already searched both
> >Reader'sGuideAbs and the Smithsonian mag web site (internal & using Google).
> >
> >The article was about a photographer who made a career out of
> >photographing buildings, scenery, locales, etc., and then revisiting
> >them about every 10 years or so to re-capture changes which occurred.
> >
> >She does not remember the name of the photographer.
> >
> >I thought I saw the photographer featured on ABC News (perhaps Person
> >of the Week), but could not find.
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >mike