This is a ninety-six page, soft bound award winning volume is printed on Aqueous coated 100 lb glossy, acid free paper and includes 92 illustrations. Sixty-five of those illustrations are copies of the Neo-Surrealist oil paintings of Boston Artist William F. O'Keefe who paints under the pen name of W.O'K. In addition to the sixty-five high-quality, full color reproductions of O'Keefe's often sensual and erotic visions of Unseen Fantasy Worlds, the book includes twenty-seven mostly color photographs of the artist at work and play. This book is a FINALIST AWARD WINNER in the Art: General Category of the BEST BOOKS 2007 competition sponsored by USA BOOK NEWS. It was also a FINALIST AWARD winner in the Best Overall Design Category and Art Category of The 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards; as well as a FINALIST AWARD WINNER in the 2008 Indie Excellence Awards.
James R. Holland working on "The Amazon" in 1970.
James R. Holland, a photo diarist who lives in Boston, began his photography career as a contract photographer for National Geographic where he traveled the world and explored terrain to which few Americans had previously ventured. His award winning photographs have been regularly published in the media for nearly fifty years. He has also worked as a documentary film editor and producer for Boston's Christian Science Center. Mr. Holland has photographed and written many books including The Amazon, Mr. Pops, (about Boston Pops Maestro Arthur Fiedler), Tanglewood, W.O K's Weird Wacky Wonderful World: The Art of William O Keefe, Diamonds Are Waiting For You: Crater of Diamonds Where Dreams Can And Do Come True, Klan Rally: A Photographic Essay, Fisheyes, Santa's Elves Revolt and Adventure Photographer. His hobbies include renovating historic Boston Brownstones and practicing martial arts. He holds a black belt in Kenpo Karate and was for several years a Regionally and Nationally Ranked Competitor in Forms, Sparing and Weapons. Through the decades, he has continued shooting using his fisheye lens and this collection contains many of his favorite shots. Mr. Holland is a life-long reader and book collector. His personal library was the subject of newspaper articles beginning in high school and continuing in college. He won a personal library award from Ohio University while he was a student there. He loves to share what he is reading by writing book reviews for blogs such as Basil & Spice and Amazon. He is one of Amazon's "Top 500 Reviewers."
