Final fire : a photographer's tales from a very small island : a memoir / Michael Mitchell
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TextPublication details: Canada : ECW press, 2019. Description: x, 423 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 22 cmISBN: 9781770414815Other title: Photographer's tales from a very small islandSubject(s): Mitchell, Michael, 1943- | Photographers -- Canada -- Biography | PhotographyOther classification: TR140 MIT 2019 Summary: "Final Fire is a companion piece to Mitchell's much-praised 2004 memoir, The Molly Fire, a finalist for both the Writers' Trust Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize and the Governor General's Award for Non-fiction, and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year."-- Provided by publisherSummary: "Nearly a half century ago, Mitchell abandoned a safe and secure academic career to become a "cowboy" with a camera and a keyboard. While he has always kept one foot planted firmly in the arts, as a working photographer his search for adventure took him through the Americas, into the High Arctic, across Europe, on to the Middle East, India, and the Far East. He photographed famous athletes, musicians, actors, politicians, revolutionaries, and more than a few criminals. The sum of these scary, strange, heartrending, and funny episodes is one man's prescription for how to live in a bizarre and, best of all, never boring world. It is also a book about loss. Mitchell reflects on the invention of photography and its transformative effect on world culture and pays tribute to fellow photographers who led remarkable and frequently obsessive lives."-- Provided by publisher
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Canadian Corner Collection
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Universiti Teknologi Brunei Library - at level 1 | TR140 MIT 2019 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | Reg. no. 016004(H)_UTB | 901485 |
"Final Fire is a companion piece to Mitchell's much-praised 2004 memoir, The Molly Fire, a finalist for both the Writers' Trust Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize and the Governor General's Award for Non-fiction, and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year."-- Provided by publisher
"Nearly a half century ago, Mitchell abandoned a safe and secure academic career to become a "cowboy" with a camera and a keyboard. While he has always kept one foot planted firmly in the arts, as a working photographer his search for adventure took him through the Americas, into the High Arctic, across Europe, on to the Middle East, India, and the Far East. He photographed famous athletes, musicians, actors, politicians, revolutionaries, and more than a few criminals. The sum of these scary, strange, heartrending, and funny episodes is one man's prescription for how to live in a bizarre and, best of all, never boring world. It is also a book about loss. Mitchell reflects on the invention of photography and its transformative effect on world culture and pays tribute to fellow photographers who led remarkable and frequently obsessive lives."-- Provided by publisher
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