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Last Updated: Jul 5th, 2010 - 09:36:25 |
A VILLAGE LOST & FOUND
by Brian May & Elena Vidal
Goes Global
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Following the success of Brian May & Elena Vidals book A VILLAGE LOST & FOUND in the UK (Published October 2009 by Frances Lincoln, 9780711230392), the authors will be crossing the Atlantic this July to do a series of lectures based on the book on both the East and West coasts of America. The presentation is illustrated with a full 3-D projection slide show, and brings the accompanying texts of T. R. Williams himself to life.
A VILLAGE LOST & FOUND is an authoritative study of the work of T. R. Williams, the prominent 1850s stereo photographer. The book presents an exquisite set of stereo photographs showing the life of a small Oxfordshire village 150 years ago. It is the product of over 30 years intensive research by Brian May, renowned guitarist/song-writer of the legendary band Queen, and photographic historian and conservator Elena Vidal.
Dates for Brian May & Elena Vidal speaking engagements are as follows:
Saturday, July 17, 2010 Sandusky, OH National Stereoscopic Convention Keynote Address 6pm
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Philadelphia, PA Free Library of Philadelphia 7:30pm
Thursday, July 22, 2010 New York, NY Barnes & Noble Tribeca 7pm
Friday, July 23, 2010 New York, NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium 6pm
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Los Angeles, CA Downtown Independent Theatre (Sponsored by Amoeba Music) 7:30pm
Thursday, July 29, 2010 Los Angeles, CA Griffith Observatory, Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon 7:30pm
John Nicoll, managing director of Frances Lincoln, says: This book has been such a pleasure to publish and we are really delighted with its success here with over 10,000 copies sold. I'm so pleased that such prestigious venues as the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles have also recognised how special this project is. We are sure that the book will receive an equally enthusiastic response in the States as it has here with its moving evocation of village life in the mid 1850s.
About The Book:
A Village Lost and Found by Brian May & Elena Vidal US$60.00/£35 978-0-7112-3039-2 www.londonstereo.com Published by Frances Lincoln Publishers www.franceslincoln.com
Distributed by PGW www.pgw.com
For further information, media requests, etc., please contact:
Jennifer Abel, Frances Lincoln North American Publicity
jennifer.d.abel@gmail.com | 206.227.9991
Brian May, CBE, PhD, FRAS, is a founding member of Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer. Brian had to postpone a career in astronomy when Queen's popularity first exploded, but, after an incendiary 30 years as a rock musician, was able to return to astrophysics in 2006, when he completed his PhD, and co-authored his first book, Bang! The Complete History of the Universe, with Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott. Stereography has been a life-long passion for Brian.
Elena Vidal has worked as a conservator of paintings in Florence, Spain and the UK. She graduated as an MA in Photographic Conservation at the Camberwell School of Arts, and has subsequently specialised in the history of stereoscopic photography. Since meeting Brian May in 1997, Elena has collaborated with him on a long-term study of Thomas Richard Williams, and has published a number of articles.
Praise for A Village Lost and Found:
T. R. Williams seems to have created Our Village as a labour of love, recording the scenes of his childhood summers and documenting a place and way of life that was already vanishing through the effects of the industrial revolution. His extraordinary dedication to the project and his quest for perfection in stereographic imagery are both honoured and mirrored in the years of research, photographic explorations and thoughtful presentation that have made possible this book, 'A Village Lost and Found' - clearly another labour of love. - Stereo World
The effect is amazing. It takes a moment to adjust to the viewer, but once you have got the knack, the villagers and their surroundings seem to leap from the page, bringing scenes such as these to life and helping you appreciate details you might otherwise miss. The book is superbly produced and bound in large format with a separate slip-case for the easy-to-assemble stereo viewer. a bygone age indeed but I can assure you one thing: it will rock you. - Mail on Sunday
The book works on a number of levels. If you have a passion for photography, it will excite you. If you are interested in history, it will intrigue you. If you are keen on technical aspects, then the stereoscope will indulge you. This is definitely a collector's bargain to be treasured on any book shelf. - Silvershotz
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