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Heart of A Small Town: Photographs of Alabama Towns

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This book combines an artist's eye with a photographer's skill to bring to life charming small towns throughout Alabama. We see them from an entirely new perspective and gain an intriguing glimpse into the Southern way of life. This is a book that will make a great gift for people with many different types of interests, from travel to architecture to antiques and more. The production quality of the book is outstanding.

Robin McDonald is continuing the work begun by William Eggleston: capturing the subtle beauty of small-town Southern life with clear-eyed, straight-on, unsentimental photographs "illustrated" by texts gleaned from Alabama writers. A lovely gift for any thoughtful Southerner.

Mr. McDonald's book does an outstanding job of evoking the state of our small towns. With his sharp eye, he is a storyteller with a camera. His images of the vanishing south are poignent and powerful. Highly recommended.

I purchased this book as a gift for my grandmother who was born and raised in a small town in Alabama. Based on the cover of this book, I had assumed that the pictures would be of charming and pretty subjects in towns like the one my grandmother was raised in. Instead, the pictures show the decay that is present in many small and for that matter, large towns today. I was disappointed and would not recommend this book to anyone interested in a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I found the pictures to be rather depressing.

Beautiful photographs capturing the essence of small towns and rural settings in Alabama. The author and photographer has a unique gift for finding the beauty of the seemingly ordinary, and bringing it to life. The lighting and composition of each photo is a gift to the beholder. I heartily recommend this wonderful book.