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Route 66
Published in Paperback by Thames & Hudson (May, 2002)
Authors: Gerd Kittel, Alexander Bloom, and Freddy Langer
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Sixty-six in Kittel color.
A super collection of color photos of America's Mother Road. I first came across Kittel's work in 1986 when I bought his 'Southwest USA' and the following year 'A New England Autumn'. As well as photographing the landscape he has an eye for capturing man-made America and as a foreigner that does not mean he searches out the ugly and the squalid. What I find so impressive about his work is the color and depth he manages to capture, you are really there looking at the scene as he saw it. The only other photographer I know of who also captures color in the same way is Stephen Shore in his 1982 book 'Uncommon Places'

Kittel's photo essay of Route 66, in eighty-three (well printed) images captures the sights he found along the way. It starts with a spread of the morning rush-hour on a corner of Jackson Boulevard and Michigan Avenue in Chicago and ends with a picture of Santa Monica Boulevard and Ocean Avenue in California, the photos in-between show motels, gas stations, shops and frequently the people who run them, road signs, landscapes and more. Actually just the sort of photos that you would expect to see in a book about Route 66 but not until now with this quality and beauty. Some of these images are quite stunning, page sixty-one shows the Munger Moss motel in Labanon, Missouri, with its huge neon sign, page sixty-four has a near dusk image of the Boots Motel in Carthage, Missouri, the neon strips creating a glow on the sidewalk, page 157 shows a street corner in Barstow, with at least ten commercial signs disappearing into the distance to the left of the photo

In five sections between the photos pages author Freddy Langer's words cover the history of the highway in one paragraph decorative blocks. I think you can read better histories elsewhere and fortunately the text pages don't take up too much space. There are several general books about Route 66 but I got one recently that I feel is an excellent complement to Gerd Kittel's book, check out 'Travelling Route 66' by Nick Freeth. The publishers had the great idea of making it small (about the size of a postcard) but with four hundred, all color pages. It is a travelogue, state by state, with maps, of what you can see and do if you drive the whole 2,250 miles of America's most famous road. So get out there and get your kicks.


The Boy Who Couldn't Hear
Published in Hardcover by Simon & Schuster (Juv) (May, 1983)
Author: Freddy Bloom
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Care to Help
Published in Paperback by John Clare Books ()
Author: Freddy Bloom
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Deaf Children
Published in Paperback by John Clare Books ()
Author: Freddy Bloom
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Dear Philip
Published in Hardcover by Bodley Head (December, 1981)
Author: Freddy Bloom
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Our deaf children
Published in Unknown Binding by Martins [for] the National Deaf Children's Society ()
Author: Freddy Bloom
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Our deaf children : into the 80's
Published in Unknown Binding by Gresham Books ()
Author: Freddy Bloom
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