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 Raising the Salad Bar
Illustrated with luscious photographs and chock-full of inventive salad ideas to suit every taste, this is the only salad cookbook you’ll ever need. |
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Stone by Design
A stunning tribute to the work of island stonemason Lew French and his unique vision and craft. This coffee table book celebrates both the function and form of stone. |
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Vineyard Harvest
Inspiring recipes from island chef Tina Miller, illustrated with Alison's mouthwatering photos. |
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Finding Martha's Vineyard
A celebration of this magical island through the voices, photographs, remembrances and recipes of African Americans who call the Vineyard home. Illustrated with black-and-white portraits by Alison. |
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Vineyard Summer
A summer vacation in book form — page after page of beautiful color photographs that capture the light, the colors, the mood of summer on Martha's Vineyard.
(Out of print, limited supply) |
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Until I Saw the Sea
A collection of seashore poems for children, from traditional nursery rhymes to comtemporary verse, illustrated with colorful, seaside photos. (Out of print, limited supply) |
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Remembrance and Light
Alison's first book is a collection of black & white photos of Martha's Vineyard. The images are coupled with essays by the late Henry Beetle Hough. (Out of print, limited supply) |
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Upcoming Book Projects
Beach Babies
A colorful and lively book that captures the essence of summer fun at the beach — babies, toddlers, and youngsters enjoying their favorite summer pastimes. Clever, playful text by Sue Dawson will accompany Alison's photos. To be published by Henry Holt and Company.
Schooner
Alison's photos, together with writer Tom Dunlop's compelling prose, chronicle the building of a 60-foot wooden schooner at Gannon and Benjamin Boat yard on Martha's Vineyard. The story begins with a dream and a handful of drawings, and ends with the schooner's first sail in Vineyard Sound. |
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Remembrance and Light: Images of Martha's Vineyard
Black and white photographs by Alison Shaw. Text by Henry Beetle Hough, with a foreword by James Reston. Published by Harvard Common Press in 1984.
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Here is the first published collection of Alison Shaw's photographs of Martha's Vineyard, photographs that entrance readers of the Vineyard Gazette in virtually every issue. Her images find their counterpart in the evocative, insightful essays of Henry Beetle Hough, the Gazette's editor for over 60 years; together, they have shaped in Remembrance and Light a remarkable portrait of the legendary island's places, people, and atmosphere.
— From the jacket of Remembrance and Light
Alison Shaw's magnificent photographs and Henry Beetle Hough's marvelous prose capture all the majesty of a small, nearly unspoiled, island corner of New England.
— Walter Cronkite
“For anyone off-island who hasn’t shared the weekly pleasure of appreciating Alison Shaw’s photography in the Vineyard Gazette, her book Remembrance and Light will be a revelation. For anyone who has enjoyed her work in weekly doses, this collection of 84 black and white photographs should be a treasure. In my opinion Alison Shaw is one of the finest art photographers ever to expose a negative on the Cape and Islands. For those who relish the scenic beauty of a deserted winter beach, the noisy passage of a homeward bound trawler and the carefree images of a lazy summer afternoon, Shaw’s work captures the essence of island life.”
— Cape Cod Times
“If you want to hear pinkletinks and crickets, feel sand between your toes, taste salt on your lips and see sun dance on the ocean, may I suggest reading Remembrance and Light. There is a hauntingly mystical, if not spiritual sense to Alison Shaw’s photography. She manages the balance between creativity and discipline with marvelous skill. What a delight it is to enjoy an adult picture book! The photographs are honest and sincere and as unassuming as the woman herself. They evoke laughter as well as tears; some, like the one of Farm Pond are utterly breathtaking. Others, like those of the sheep in West Tisbury, are full of whimsy.”
— Catholic Transcript
“Remembrance and Light is Alison Shaw’s first book, but surely not her last. I’ve never been to Martha’s Vineyard, but now I feel I know it. It’s hard to decide which is more ravishing, Hough’s prose or Shaw’s photos. He knows the words, she the music.”
— Yankee Magazine
“These two poets, one using verbal imagery, the other black and white, have given us an anthem of praise for our paradise found. Each of us should have a copy on the shelf, taking it down like a tranquilizer when the frenetic reality of summer gets to us.”
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