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The Art of the Book celebrates contemporary jacl<et and book
illustration and the many artists who have collaborated with the
University of Georgia Press during the last two decades. lt also
provides an inside look into the creative process of book and lacket
design.
Throughout its sixty-four-year history, the University of Georgia
Press has valued good book design and production. Since 1982,
books and jacl<ets produced for Press books have won more than
one hundred design awards. Many people deserve credit and thanks
for this considerable achievement. Bookmaking is, by necessity, a
collaborative undertaking. A successful book design results from
cooperation between many differently skilled individuals including
publishers, acquiring editors, supervisory editors, designers, artists,
production coordinators, typesetters, printers, and binders. All of
them work in service of the author and reader, language and thought.
Checklist of the Exhibition
June McCoy Ball (American, 1939- )
Sopelo Morsh
Oil on canvas
ll l/2x13 l/2inches
Cover art, Portroit of on lslond by Mildred and
John Teal, I 997
Max Belcher (American, contemporary)
Rachel Hill Townsend, Monrovia, Liberio
Gelatin silver print
7l12x9inchesFrom A Lond ond Life Remembered:Americo-Liberian
Folk Architeaure by Svend E. Holsoe and
Bernard L. Herman. 1988
Nancy Batson Carter (American, 1939- )
HoystockTree, Mexico
Water-colored transfer print on handmade paper
4 l14 x3 3/8 inches
Jacket art, The Unequol Hours by Linda Underhill, I 999
Walter Chandoha (American, 1932- )
Poulo and Kitten
Gelatin silver print
8314x9 3/16 inches
Jacket art, Lorge A nimols in Everyday Life by
Wendy Brenner, 1996
Warren Chappell (American, I 904-l 99 l)
Letter with drawing of Don Quixote
8l/2xllinchesLetter of 8/ I 0/ I 987 written to Sandra Hudson during
production ol The Gronite Form Letters edited by
John Rozier
George Davidson (American, 1952- )Woter DogWolks the Lobyrinth
Shadow Box
14x l3x4 l/4inches
)acket art, Compression Scors by Kellie Wells, 2002
Valerie Fleming, (American, 1958- )
Chottonoogo Choo-Choo
Color photograph
8 x l2 inches
Jacket art, South to the Future: An Americon Region in
theTwenty-ftrst Century edited by Fred Hobson,2002
William G. Haynes Jr., (American, 1908-2001)
Ashantilly Press
UntitledWood engraving on PaPer
9 x 6 inches
Jacket panel, FortyYeors of Diverstty edited by
Harvey H.Jackson and Phinizy Spalding, 1984
Jack Leigh (American, 1948- )
Cobin, Uncle Shed's
Gelatin silver print
5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
From The Ogeechee:A River ond lts People by
Jack Leigh, 1986
Wormsloe Foundation Publication No. l7
Lynn Lennon (American,1927- )
Aunt Gersey and Aunt ClemmY
Gelatin silver print
6x8 l/4inches
From My Grondfother's Finger by Edward Swift, 1999
Ed Lindlof (American, 1943- )
The Devilt DictionarY
lnk on paper
6l12xB l/2 inches
Jacket and title page art,The Unobridged Devilt
Diaionory by Ambrose Bierce, edited by David E'
Schultz and S.J.Joshi, 2000
Michael McCurdy (American' 1942- )
Greenleaf
Wood engraving on PaPer, printed from the end-grain
block of wood
5 l/4x5inches
Jacket art, Flonne ry O'Connor: The lmoginotion of
E-xtremity by Frederick Asals. I 982
lan McFarlane (American, 1970- )
Stone Cherub
Gelatin silver print
6 x 6 inches
Cover art,Avilion Histories by Lee Upton,2000
Wendell Minor (American,1944- )
The Green Breost of the New World
Watercolor on PaPer
7 x 7 inches
Jacket art, Ihe Green Breost of the NewWorld by
Louise Westling, I 996
Mary Ruth Moore, (American, 1936- )Elegant Choir
Gelatin silver print from pinhole paper negative
l2 x 5 l/2 inches
Cover photograph, Restless Messengers by
Norman Finkelstein, I 992
Barry Moser (American, 1940- )
Porker's Bock
Watercolor on paper
9 314 x 6 7/8 inches
Jacket art, Flonnery O'Connor: The Obedient
lmoginotion by Sarah Gordon,2000
Susan Nees (American, I96l- )
BlockApril
Wood engraving on paper
4 x 3 inches
Cover art, Block APril by Julia Peterkin, I 998
Tom Pohrt (American, 1953- )Doro Kochvinook
Watercolor on paper
6x85/8inchesFrom Lessons from theWolverine by
Barry Lopez,1997
Dean Rohrer (American, 1953- )
The Dongerous Lives ofAltor Boys
Mixed media: lnk on paper with hand lettering
and some press type. Colored as overlay withdyes, goache, colored pencil, and markers
14x93/Sinches
Jacket art, fhe Dongerous Lives ofAltor Boys
by Chris Fuhrman,2001
Art Rosenbaum (American, 1938- )
Children's Shout
Charcoal on paper
38 x 50 inches
From Shout BecouseYou're Free byArt and
Margo Rosenbaum,1998
Margo Rosenbaum (American,1939- )
The Tonner Fomily:Th ree Generotions: Gordon,
Russ, ond Phil
Gelatin silver printFrom Folk Wsions ondVoices by Art and
Margo Rosenbaum,1983
Tamara Staples (American, 1964- )
Golden Compine Lorge Fowl Cock
Cibachrome print
8 x 8 inches
Cover art, Ihe Chicken Book by Page Smith and
Charles Daniel, 2000
Rob Storter (American, 1894-1987)
LunchTime,Cousin Bill & Brutis
Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper
llx14inchesFrom Crockers in the Glode: Life ondTimes in
the Old Everglodes by Rob Storter, edited by
Betty Savidge Briggs, 2000
MichaelWilson (American, I959- )
Untitled
Gelatin silver print
7 x 7 inches
Jacket art, The Necessory Croce to Foll by
Gina Ochsner,2002
About the Artists
June McCoy Ball is a land- and seascape artist who
works primarily in oil on canvas. Her work has been
widely exhibited on the East Coast from NewYork to
Florida and is represented in many institutional,
corporate, and governmental collections. She describes
her paintings as "arising from [her] feelings about
certain contexts and times as well as from [her] deep
love of color." Ms. Ball grew up in Nashville,Tennessee,
and currently lives in Athens, Georgia.
Max Belcher was born in Philadelphia but was raised
in Liberia. He has used his photography to explore
the complex relationships between migration, identity,
and history. Belcher's photographs in A Lond ond Life
Remembered reveal the memories and aspirations of
black settlers to Liberia in the style and character of
Americo-Liberian architecture and the adaptation of
a southern vernacular to the Liberian landscape.
Nancy Batson Carter lives in Athens, Georgia, where
she has painting and handmade paper studios. Carter
holds degrees from Agnes Scott, Harvard, and the
University of Georgia. Her work has been supported
by the Ford Foundation and the Georgia Council for
the Arts. Carter! paintings, drawings, and prints take
their imagery from nature and dreams.
Walcer Chandoha is a professional photographer and
writer specializing in flora and fauna of the world. His
photographs have appeared on over three hundred
magazine covers and on the giant Kodak Colorama in
Grand Central Station in NewYork. Chandoha has
written or illustrated twenty-six books. He lives in
Annandale, New Jersey.
Warren Chappell, an American illustrator, typographer,
and type designer,was born in Richmond,Virginia.
Chappell's wide-ranging accomplishments in the
graphic arts are reflected in the hundreds of books he
designed, illustrated, and authored, including Ihe
Anotomy of Lenering and A Short History ofthe Printed
Word. His typeface designs include Lydian andTrajanus.
George Davidson is a self-taught artist whose
inspiration comes from African American musical
forms. He began making relief prints in l98l and has
had work featured in books and magazines, as well as
on posters and on album and CD covers. Davidson
also creates shadow boxes that tell stories around
mythic-poetic themes, usually involving jazz- or blues-
related subjects.
Valerie Fleming recently relocated to Chattanooga
from New Orleans. Formerly a law librarian, she is a
self-taught photographer who enjoys taking pictures
of urban landscapes, gardens, cemeteries, and junl<
throughout the South.
William G. Haynes Jr. was a printer and artist who
started the award-winning Ashantilly Press in I 955 at
his home near Darien, Georgia. Haynes often
illustrated the books he published and set the type by
hand. He spent most of his life on the Georgia coast
and was dedicated to preserving the history, natural
environment, and culture of this remarkable area.
Jack Leigh began his work in photography in 1972
following his formal studies at the University of
Georgia. His objective has been to seek out and
record the people, places, and rapidly passing
Iifestyles of his native region-theAmerican South.
He is the author of five highly acclaimed books of
photography and lives in Savannah, Georgia.
Lynn Lennon was born in Dallas,Texas, and is a
graduate of Baylor University. Lennon became
seriously interested in black-and-white photography
in I 972 and has shown work in the United States,
England, and lreland. Lennon is currently working on
a book of photographs of the State Fair ofTexas,
taken over a ten year period.
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Born in California, Ed Lindlof was raised inTexas and
New Mexico. He graduated from the University of
Texas with a Bachelor of FineArts and continued
postgraduate studies at the Art Center College of
Design, Los Angeles. Foliowing service in the Air Force
during theVietnam War, he began a twenty-five-year
career as a freelance illustrator of international
reputation. Since I 996, he has devoted his time to
sculpture,with recent solo exhibitions at OK Harris
Works ofArt in NewYork City,the Holocaust
Museum Houston, and the Museum of the Southwest.
Mr. Lindlof currently resides in Austin,Texas.
Michael McCurdy was born in NewYork City and
graduated from Tufts University. He also attended and
taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in
Boston.While publishing Penmaen Press Books
( I 968- I 985), he designed and produced significant
small-press first editions by leadingAmerican and
European writers and poets. McCurdy is much
sought after as an illustrator, and his wood engravings
and drawings have been published in over 190 books'
lan McFarlane has been living and working in Athens
as a photographer for over twelve years and has
worked with many musicians including Michael Stipe
of R.E.M.,Jennifer Nettles, Randall Bramlett, Everlast,
and Dayroom. His photographs have been published
in such national magazines as Americon Photo,B&W
Mogozine, Elle, Spin, Vibe, the Photo Review, the Geor$o
Review, and Nerve.
Wendell Minor is a native of Aurora, Illinois, and a
graduate of Ringling School ofArt and Design. A
prolific artist, Minor has created over 1,500 book
jackets including covers for best-selling books by Pat
Conroy, Fannie Flagg, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Harper
Lee, David McCullough, Larry McMurtry, and James
Michener. He has also illustrated numerous childrent
books, and his work can be found in the permanent
collections of the Library of Congress and the
Museum of American lllustration. He lives in
Washington, Connecticut.
Mary Ruth Moore teaches photography at the
University of Georgia. She often uses pinhole
cameras to capture unique images of rural Oconee
County, the Georgia Sea lslands, and Tuscany. Her
photographs have appeared on the covers of several
University of Georgia Press books.
Barry Moser is a typographer, designer, printmaker,
painter, illustrator, and author. He was born in
Tennessee and attended Auburn University and the
University of Massachusetts atAmherst. He has won
the National BookAward for Design and lllustration.
His work is included in over two hundred books and
is represented in many prestigious collections
including those of the Metropolitan Museum, the
British Museum, Harvard, and the Library of
Congress.
Susan Nees received her Bachelor of FineArts in
illustration from the Philadelpia College of Art and is
the recipient of an lndependentArtist Grant from the
Georgia Council for theArts.With the support of
that grant she published, Ru rol Route 2, a visual
documentary of life on the family farm. Her work is
in the permanent collections of the Minneapolis
lnstitute of Aru the Center for the Arts in Vero
Beach; Florida, and the Minnesota Center for Book
Arts. Her work is also in the special collections of
the Low Library of Columbia University, Princeton
University, the University of lowa, and Washington
University.
Tom Pohrt was born in Michigan and dropped out of
college-twice. He is a self-taught artist who has
written and illustrated his own books and also
collaborated with Barry Lopez on Lessons from the
Wolverine and Crow ond Weose/. He has received
awards from the American lnstitute of Graphic Arts
and the Parents ChoiceAward lor Crow ondWeosel.
Pohrt lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Dean Rohrer grew up in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. For twenty years he wrote and
performed music.After getting married, he turned
to visual art and has since created illustrations for
newspapers, magazines, books, CDs, and record
jackets. His work has also appeared in numerous
comic books.
Art Rosenbaum is a painter, draftsman, and muralist
and is a professor of art at the University of Georgia.
He has exhibited widely and has work in the
collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art and
the Columbus Museum, as well as in many private
collections. He has also made field recordings of
traditional music and has produced over fifteen
documentary LPs and tapes.
Margo Rosenbaum has degrees in painting from the
San Francisco Art lnstitute and the University of lowa
and is a widely published photographer. She
conducted extensive field research leading up to the
traveling exhibition Folk Vrsions ondVoices, which
culminated in the University of Georgia Press book
of the same name.
Tamara Staples was born and raised in the Carolinas.
She began her photography career as an assistant in a
commercial photography studio in Atlanta, where she
came across a studio shot of a chicl<en. She was
intrigued. Her Uncle Ron introduced her to the
larger world of chickens, and she has since dedicated
her work to photographing these creatures.Tamara
has published a book of her work with Chronicle
Books and was interviewed by lra Glass for his radio
program This Americon Li[e in a segment called
"Poultry Slam."Tamara now resides in NewYork City,
where there are few chickens.
Rob Storter was born in the Everglades in I 894 and
earned his living from flshing and hunting and acting
as a guide. ln the last two decades of his life, Storter
recorded what he called his "precious memories" in
journals, paintings, and wood carvings. His art speaks
about a way of life that no longer exists in a
wilderness that has been tamed.
MichaelWilson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and still
lives there. He went to college in Kentucky and,while
there, wound up studying photography. He had no
plan to become a photographer. He took a job as a
darkroom technician and then as a photographer's
assistant. All the while he kept taking pictures, and
gradually he developed a keen eye and a love of
photography.
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