A PART-TIME PHOTOGRAPHER'S PORTRAIT GALLERY

Vernon Richards has produced a worthy sequel to his Weekend Photographer's Notebook. His lifelong involvement with the anarchist movement has brought him in touch with many well known writers, artists and politicians and his portraits of them, together with pictures of his other friends, form both a photographic chronical of his life and a record of the times in which he lived. Richards again shows us that a passionate interest in people and the world about us are more important in producing interesting photographs than sophisticated equipment. Historical records provided by amateurs, taking pictures for pleasure, are often overlooked -- this is a welcome reminder of their value. This volume covers the men, the next concerns itself with the women and children.