Atlanta

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JTrom the ashes left us in 1864, we have raised a brave and beautiful city that somehow or other caught the sunshine in the bricks and mortar of our homes, and have builded therein not one ignoble prejudice or memory."
Newspaper editor Henry Grady summed up the spirit of nineteenth-century Atlanta—a spirit which still echoes through the streets of this "brave and beautiful city." Over a century later, award-winning photographer Peter Beney has captured that same spirit in this lavish collection of over two hundred breathtaking color photographs.
This updated edition combines gorgeous views of ever-changing Atlanta with vignettes that chronicle the history of the city and some of its most influential citizens. For the research-minded reader, the book provides extensive background information on each photograph and an anecdotal index which tells the stories behind the pictures. An introduction by Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Celestine Sibley enhances this reissue of... Tovább

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JTrom the ashes left us in 1864, we have raised a brave and beautiful city that somehow or other caught the sunshine in the bricks and mortar of our homes, and have builded therein not one ignoble prejudice or memory."
Newspaper editor Henry Grady summed up the spirit of nineteenth-century Atlanta—a spirit which still echoes through the streets of this "brave and beautiful city." Over a century later, award-winning photographer Peter Beney has captured that same spirit in this lavish collection of over two hundred breathtaking color photographs.
This updated edition combines gorgeous views of ever-changing Atlanta with vignettes that chronicle the history of the city and some of its most influential citizens. For the research-minded reader, the book provides extensive background information on each photograph and an anecdotal index which tells the stories behind the pictures. An introduction by Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Celestine Sibley enhances this reissue of the most popular photography book of Atlanta to date.
From the vibrant beauty of the downtown skyline to the serenity of dogwoods blooming in Piedmont Park, from the palatial Georgia governor's mansion to the spartan farmhouse of Miss TuUie Smith, from the cheering crowds at a Braves baseball game to the sobering quiet of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, Atlanta: A Brave and Beautiful City is the ultimate introduction to the Olympic city.
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hotographer Peter Beney was born in Brighton, England, and lived and worked in many countries and U.S. cities before settling in Atlanta. Among his books are the photo essays Land of the Sky, pubHshed in 1990; Majesty of Savannah, 1992; Majesty of Charleston, 1993; and the first edition of Atlanta: A Brave and Beautiful City, in 1986. His work has appeared in over one hundred other books in the United States and Great Britain.
Beney has made and catalogued more than 20,000 color images which are collected in his photo library and include subjects such as nature and the outdoors, U.S. and world cities, U.S. national parks, and foreign countries.
above: Peter Beney testing one of his prototype cameras, the first of five speciality cameras he has made for special applications.

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