Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre Photographs of a River Life

"[Maggie] had a gift that she shared with people she could not possibly have heard of, like Lartigue...and Walker Evans...Maggie could make pictures. When asked why, year after year, she recorded the simple life of her parents and friends on houseboats...she said simply: 'I want to remember'. In the process she produced a heartfelt and exact record of riverboat life...Five single pages of her albums are reproduced in their entirety in the book. Each seems perfect in design, intention, perception and even text. Born without the ability to hear or speak, she had the gift to record the world she loved...The honesty and sense of purpose of these layouts underscores the damage done to the rest of the pictures by the designers of the book...I recommend this book for photographers, album makers and fisher persons alike."Sayre, Maggie L. is the author of 'Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre Photographs of a River Life' with ISBN 9780878057993 and ISBN 0878057994.