Above San Francisco FROM THE PUBLISHER
Robert Cameron's Photographic career began in 1933 as a news photographer for the Des Moines Register. During World War II he worked for the War Department as a civilian photographer. After a stint in the New York City business world he self-published fis first ABOVE book in 1969. Since that time there have been 16 additional ABOVE titles reaching a total of over two and one half million copies in print.
Technical data: He uses Pentax 6x7 cm cameras with a gyro stabilizer and 6 Takumar lenses from Fisheye to 400mm. His film: 220 Ektachrome 100s.
Since 1960, Arthur Hoppe has turned out some 6,000 daily columns for the San Francisco Chronicle and more than a hundred other newspapers. He is the author of six books and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harpers, Esquire and other magazines. His most recent honor was a Lifetime Achievement Society of Newspaper Columnists. His hobbies are golf, tennis, outdoor drinking and writing writing rare books.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Beautiful full-page color and b&w aerial photographs reveal the Bay Area's blessings of nature and way of life in an enclave unlike any other. Sections on the bay and bridges of the city, as well as the east, south, and north bay show why more than a quarter of a century ago, called San Francisco "the most attractive, most civilized, most desirable city in the country." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
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