It's the curse of my career that I never write for writing's sake, but for photography's sake. Photo captions a specialty. Amanuesis to photographers, that's me. The most important journalistic skill I learned in a long career at (the former) Life magazine was how to stay out of the frame.
It's a lesson I learned so well that I am now privileged to write essays for photographers' books. The latest is one by Chien-Chi Chang, for which I was able to stay out of frames in both Vietnam and Taiwan. Called Double Happiness (an ironic title, trust me), it has just been released by Aperture.
Double Happiness is also the name of a popular brand of cigarettes in Taiwan. I have several packs in my Cigarettes From Around the World collection.
Reason I can't quit: I need something to do while I'm waiting for the click.
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This blog used to be called "Why I Can't Stop Smoking." Well, I did stop smoking. Now I need to stop drinking. The only thing is, every day there seems to be a reason why I can't just yet. It worked before, so—here goes! Today's reason
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About Me
- Claudia
- The sister of the President of the Garden Club, a former journalist (People, Life) and now vacation rental property manager on an island once known as Claudia's Island, Claudia has honed her bedmaking skills and seldom travels without a truckload of substandard chairs.
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