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“Courthouse cupolas, backstage dressing rooms, historic attics, museum collections, lighthouse stairwells, railroad cabooses, drivein projection booths, ghost towns, diners, and dance halls; Smith, it would seem, has photographed them all.”—from the introduction by E. Dan Klepper
On the Road with Texas Highways A Tribute to True Texas
J. Griffis Smith Introduction by E. Dan Klepper Foreword by Charles J. Lohrmann In a short line of Texas Highways distinguished photo editors, J. Griffis Smith has been described by a fellow photographer as a “galactic force,” reveling in taking pictures of everything Texas wherever the magazine’s assignments took him, all with the goal of inspiring “folks to travel.” Celebrating the roaming life of a professional magazine photographer, Texas Highways has joined with Smith to assemble a collection of signature images from three decades of work, including memorable pictures of Texas icons, landscapes, people, and historical and cultural destinations. An essay by E. Dan Klepper conveys a sense of how photo editors have worked at Texas Highways and how Griff Smith’s quirky, creative nature has helped to shape the magazine's style and message. J. GRIFFIS SMITH is the photo editor at Texas Highways magazine in Austin, where he has worked for thirty years.
978-1-62349-183-3 flexbound $29.95 978-1-62349-199-4 ebook 10x11. 224 pp. 294 color photos. Index. Photography. Heritage Travel. Texana Gift Books. September