Do you know where you were 45 years ago? OK, here’s a hint…it was the Fourth of July. And it was 1976. America’s Bicentennial. Democratic candidate for president Jimmy Carter speaks at Westville, Ga. on the American Bicentennial.©Ken Hawkins for TIME Magazine I was on the presidential campaign trail with Jimmy Carter. We were in […]
This year – 2016 – marks the 40th anniversary of a grassroots presidential campaign that swept a virtually unknown farmer into the highest office in the land. We’re celebrating by inviting you to Plains – the hometown of President Carter this Saturday morning, September 24th, as we meet friends – both old and new – for the book release of […]
Leon, my FedEx driver, has a sore back and I’m not helping it. Leon’s used to delivering books to me. Sometimes a heavy Salgado edition, maybe a smaller, lighter copy of a book by W. Eugene Smith or Robert Frank. Today, I was his last stop and he again had books…2053 lbs of books to be […]