Coaldust Grins: Portraits of Canadian Coal Miners

by Chrismas, Lawrence

Price: CAD $55.95 ($ 53.01)
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Book desription: Calgary, AB, Canada: Cambria Publishing, 1998. New book in shrinkwrap. Award Winner: Short-listed for the first annual Roloff Beny $50, 000 Photography Book Award and received second place out of 70 books submitted (1999). 312 pages-282 duotone plates plus maps and index. Two decades of intensive photographic documentation has culminated in the release of this large-format book of black-and-white portraits. More than 450 individuals from 85 communities and 50 coal mines are represented; approximately half the photographs are accompanied by entertaining biographies. Also available for an additional $19.95 with book purchase is CoalDust Grins-A Musical Portrait-a music CD companion to the book. Boxed set including 32 page booklet containing 17 duotone photographs. Award Winner: Fall '99 nominated for the Prairie Music Award in the category of Outstanding Roots Recording. 12 mining songs based on stories and photographs from the book. Canadian singer/songwriters including Dick Damron, Diamond Joe White, Tom Wilson, Robert Burton Huebele, Steve Coffey, John Campbell, Ian MacDonald, Susan Kuelken, Bill Werthmann, Rob Smith and Dave McCann. CD is new in shrinkwrap.. ISBN: 0969702310. Soft Cover. New. COAL MINERS MINES MINING CANADA TECHNOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHS ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA SAKATCHEWAN NOVA SCOTIA ONTARIO.