For at least five years I have been drawn to this book of photos by Sid Avery. It has sat all that time (and probably longer) in a second hand bookshop at the beach which is frequented by my wife. Almost every swim, bike ride or ramble on foot seems to end up there and I have had a delicious time browsing the photos and reading the text. These are not the best samples of the quality of the light and the tones. I held off buying it because of the price - $22.00 - but finally I was stricken by the thought that someone might one day buy it and I would find the loss difficult to bear. So I coughed up the $22 last weekend and ran off these quick scans for you. I'll pop in a few others later when I have more time.
Here is a quiz. Can those of you old enough to remember identify this young thing ?
You will of course have no difficulty recognising the King of Siam
