Thanks for the heads up Lance. It sounds like my kind of read. Alaska is in dire need of a good Hiaasen. Lots of good one-liners floating around with no one to gel them into a story. Here's an example of popular Alaskan humor: Know the difference between Sarah Palin and Ross Perot? Boob job.
Posted by Richard Ditch on August 31, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Speaking of Carl Hiaasen, here's one of my favorite passages of his from Team Rodent. This is a wonderful monograph that found one day in a used book shop. I think it is very relevant to nature photography:
Disney is so good at being good that it manifests an evil; so uniformly efficient and courteous, so dependably clean and conscientious, so unfailingly entertaining that it's unreal, and therefore is an agent of pure wickedness. Imagine promoting a universe in which raw Nature doesn't fit because it doesn't measure up; isn't safe enough, accessible enough, predictable enough, even beautiful enough for company standards. Disney isn't in the business of exploiting Nature so much as striving to improve upon it, constantly fine-tuning God's work.
I often think of this quote when I see images that have been photoshopped to "improve" what was there originally.
Posted by Ely Dennis on September 6, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Carl Hiaasen is a fantastic author. I have read all he has written. His sense of humor is unmatched. Great reads!!!!
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3 repliesFor those who like Carl's kind of humor, you might try "Fluke" by Christopher Moore.
One of the characters in "Fluke" is based on Flip Nicklin, a terrific photographer who I met during a trip to Alaska.
Flip turned me on to "Fluke." Thanks, Flip.
I often think of this quote when I see images that have been photoshopped to "improve" what was there originally.