Displaying 1 of 1 1988 Format: Book Author: Bial, Raymond. Title: Stopping by : portraits from small towns / photographs by Raymond Bial ; with a foreword by Robert Bray. Publisher, Date: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1988. Description: [23] p., [86] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm. Series: Visions of Illinois Visions of Illinois. Subjects: City and town life -- Illinois -- Pictorial works. Illinois -- Biography -- Portraits. Illinois -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. LCCN: 88017407 ISBN: 0252015878 (alk. paper) 9780252015878 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Syndetics Unbound Trade Reviews Booklist ReviewAn album of subtle but resonant photographs of exemplary denizens of towns in central Illinois with populations under 3,000. Bial hails from the area, and his homage to the no-nonsense people he grew up with suffers from neither sentimentality nor satire. Though he despises encroachments of urbanization into traditional small-town ways, he nevertheless objectively depicts the quiet dignity of the men and women and children encountered in typical small-town settings: cafes, gas stations, barbershops, and grain elevators, among others. An arresting visit to the heartland. No index. BH. Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
