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Fort Worth: A Personal View
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Description for Fort Worth: A Personal View
Hardcover. Phil Vinson grew up in Fort Worth. He started making photographs while still in his teens but as an adult he rediscovered the visual richness of his hometown. Through out his career as a journalist, photographer, and teacher, he spent the weekends driving around taking pictures.This title features his photographs, which focus on Fort Worth. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 colour & b&w photos, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 839.
Phil Vinson grew up in Fort Worth, fascinated by the city's visual icons: Mrs. Baird's Bakery on Summit Avenue, historic Thistle Hill, the tower at the Will Rogers Complex, the Tarrant County Courthouse, the Texas Electric smokestacks, the art-deco design of the Texas & Pacific depot, the Paddock Viaduct. He started making photographs while still in his teens but as an adult he rediscovered the visual richness of his hometown. Once he started photographing, he couldn't stop. For the past four decades, through careers as a journalist, photographer, and teacher, he has spent the weekends driving around taking pictures.Vinson has ... Read more
Phil Vinson grew up in Fort Worth, fascinated by the city's visual icons: Mrs. Baird's Bakery on Summit Avenue, historic Thistle Hill, the tower at the Will Rogers Complex, the Tarrant County Courthouse, the Texas Electric smokestacks, the art-deco design of the Texas & Pacific depot, the Paddock Viaduct. He started making photographs while still in his teens but as an adult he rediscovered the visual richness of his hometown. Once he started photographing, he couldn't stop. For the past four decades, through careers as a journalist, photographer, and teacher, he has spent the weekends driving around taking pictures.Vinson has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Fort Worth, United States
ISBN
9780875653709
SKU
V9780875653709
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Ref
99-54
About
PHIL VINSON was a reporter/photographer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for several years before opening his own photography business. In the 1990s he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington. Now retired and living on Fort Worth's East Side, he and his wife still spend weekends driving around the city and surrounding countryside so he can continue ... Read more
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