One of the finest architectural photographers in America; Robert W. Tebbs produced the first photographic survey of Louisianarsquo;s plantations in 1926. From those images; now housed in the Louisiana State Museum; and not widely available until now; 119 plates showcasing fifty-two homes are featured here. Richard Anthony Lewis explores Tebbsrsquo;s life and career; situating his work along the line of plantation imagery from nineteenth-century woodcuts and paintings to later twentieth-century photographs by John Clarence Laughlin; among others. Providing the family lineage and construction history of each home; Lewis discusses photographic techniques Tebbs used in his alternating panoramic and detail views. A precise documentarian; Tebbs also reveals a poetic sensibility in the plantation photos. His frequent emphasis on aspects of decay; neglect; incompleteness; and loss lends a wistful aura to many of the imagesmdash;an effect compounded by the fact that many of the homes no longer exist. This noticeable vacillation between objectivity and sentiment; Lewis shows; suggests unfamiliarity and even discomfort with the legacy of slavery. Poised on the brink of social and political reforms; Louisiana in the mid-1920s had made significant strides away from the slave-based agricultural economy that the plantation house often symbolized. Tebbsrsquo;s Louisiana plantation photographs capture a literal and cultural past; reflecting a burgeoning national awareness of historic preservation and presenting plantations to us anew. Select plantations included: Ashland/Belle Helene; Avery Island; Belle Chasse; Belmont; Butler-Greenwood; Lrsquo;Hermitage; Oak Alley; Parlange; Reneacute; Beauregard House; Rosedown; Seven Oaks; Shadows-on-the-Teche; The Shades; and Waverly.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The man was a mess and I couldnt find many good things about himBy rosemary watsonThis guys life. according to this book. is depressing! Its a lot about the music but overflowing with the drugs and crazy behavior. I was curious because of the movie. but the movie is soft compared to the book. The man was a mess and I couldnt find many good things about him. I did. however. buy a cd of Mr. Baker singing. I love his voice on those songs.8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. The Chet Baker Study...By Jorge BarbarosaA tortured soul. living a hell in a wasteland. howling and desolate. junked up. paranoid. insecure. with the one goal most if not every junky ascribes to...getting the next dose. Did you ever wonder what makes people like the Baker or the Charley Parker . Kurt Cobain or Bix Beiderbeck reach down to the bottom when they have so much to offer. Jaco Pastorius too and Jerry Garcia could have also been lumped into this terrible category. Yet. we as humans are fascinated by this lifestyle and glamorize the "stars" and talents. But do those same people find their life glamorous? Or. are a few of those stars and talents incomplete. seeking. never satisfied. bored. living on some sort of edge which leads them into a self destructive lifestyle. Ive read a number of books about musicians who have self-destructed. perhaps I hold a perverse fascination with the phenomena and I cant explain why. As a musician for over 40 years I have always admired the musicianship of the greats like Beiderbeck or Getz or Baker or Pepper. Pastorius and many more. but could never understand the penchant for killing themselves through extreme substance abuse. What were they missing in life. which left them so unfulfilled?0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Simone Gadim obsessively reading the book.
