My Florence: A 70-Year Love Story, by Art Shay
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My Florence is a collection of striking moments drawn from the shared life of renowned Chicago photojournalist ART SHAY and his beloved wife, Florence. By turns casual and glamorous, pensive and humorous, the photographs start the day Art and Florence met in 1942, as 20-year-old camp counselors in the Catskill Mountains, and continue for seven decades.Former LIFE, Fortune, Time, and Sports Illustrator photographer, ART SHAY is famous for immortalizing some of America's most compelling 20th century figures, including John F. Kennedy Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Eleanor Roosevelt. But the story of Florence was Shay's constant beat. The result is a story that runs deep and reads as a call to joy and source of inspiration for lovers, family, friends, and the photographer in us all.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Released on: 2015-03-10
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My Florence: A 70-Year Love Story, by Art Shay Review "Florence Shay was a force to be reckoned with, a marvelous, witty, beautiful and well-read lady whose husband Art loved her very much and took some pictures of her that pierce my heart: there she is, glorious Florence. I miss her (and her book shop, too). Art Shay’s photographs bring us into their family, so immediately and warmly that it is a little shocking and quite wonderful."—Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife"The photographs in Shay’s latest collection portray his late wife’s brimming effervescence in . . . [a] spirit of reverence and love "—Amy Danzer, New City"In 'My Florence' we encounter her pregnant with her first child, and later beaming proudly with their baby daughter Jane in her arms. We see her bringing home their youngest, Steve, greeted by three of their four children at home. . . . [I]t seems that for Art Shay the past really is prologue and continues to be present in the life of this prolific, insightful photographer."—Dorothy Andries, Chicago Tribune"The golden age of photojournalism may be long past, but the work of its giants . . . continues to amaze and inspire. Many Chicagoans may not realize that one of those giants, Art Shay, still walks among us. . . . These are . . . poignant images [of Florence] . . . vivacious and flirty in Las Vegas, hard at work at her book shop, in the latter stages of terminal illness."—Kevin Nance, Crain's Chicago Business
About the Author After flying fifty-three combat missions in World War II, ART SHAY joined Life magazine as a staff reporter. He went on to become one of America’s leading photojournalists. His pictures regularly appeared in Time, Fortune, the Saturday Evening Post, Forbes, Business Week, Parade and the New York Times Magazine. Shay immortalized some of America’s most compelling 20th century figures, including John F. Kennedy Jr. and Muhammad Ali, along with street scenes of Chicago’s dispossessed. Several of these photographs have been noted as among the most enduring American pictures ever taken. Shay lives in Chicago.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Sweet and Very Personal Story in Pictures By Talvi My Florence is a very personal story of Florence Shay, a "companionable, sexy, Jewish mother, elegant and always up to date, who blogged to 30,000 followers until her last days, the literary adviser to basketball players, governors, and rock stars, the loving, devoted wife; and resolute proponent of the written word." What makes the book unique is that Shay is an ordinary wife living an ordinary life around California and Chicago, 1940s to 2012. Her husband Art, whose resume includes a stint as Life magazine's youngest bureau chief and a career as a highly respected photojournalist, tells her story in images. Photographs of a life well-lived up until her death in 2012.At a slim 96 pages, I often wished for even more photographs than were presented. It is clear throughout what made photographer Art Shay an icon at Life Magazine - his images are the every day, the mundane, the everyday life. For photographers and photojournalists know, it is not about what's in the image, it's about the apogee of the moment at which the photographer clicks the shutter. Here, Shay beautifully captured the moments in wife Florence's life - her family, her pursuits, the memories they were making as they raised 5 children and then went on to grandchildren. The cover image is the first he ever photographed of the person who would be his life's companion.Cultural historians will no doubt appreciate the glimpses of mid century life in Chicago. From a brick row type home in Des Plaines, whose interior features ball clocks and slim legged tables. But also tidbits of life after World War II through to the turbulent 1970s. The images move from black and white to kodachrome color as Florence ages. Celebrity appearances in images by Eleanor Roosevelt, Studs Terkel, and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins seem almost to disrupt the home glimpses - I kept wishing for even more glimpses of the ordinary life rather than the celebrity one.The Shays' may have lived a better life than many due to his work with Life (vacations in Hawaii in the 1970s, the Hacienda in Las Vegas in the 1960s) to have this be a book of the populist style. As well, there are interesting tidbits of the eras - images of briefcase and purse hidden cameras when Florence caught pictures of mobsters, for example. Or staged images of his family for Life articles. They create a bigger pictures of the Shays' life but I found them less interesting than the candid home images.I rate this four out of five stars because I honestly wanted more. There is some commentary but it is sparse and not every picture has commentary. Since a photojournalist is all about the moment, I loved the book the most when it was describing those moments and what prompted Shay to click the shutter when he did. There just wasn't enough of it.The images are somewhat chronological but do jump around quite a bit. Decades may pass in the blink of an eye, for example, and no matter how many images presented, it did feel like there are so many more that will never be seen that could have gone into this book.In all, a very personal story in which the life of a remarkable woman shines through brightly.Reviewed from an ARC.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An intimate view into an amazing woman's life By Chelsea George I actually had the privilege of meeting Florence Shay, and I know her husband Art for 38 years now. So I may be a biased reviewer, however I loved the book. It was so full of love and respect for this amazing woman. Art Shay has photographed world events, numerous racquetball tournaments (which is how we met), traveled the world, published books, had big shows, all kinds of fame and glory. But this little book is so sweet and intimate. I was really touched and will treasure it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Gotta love Florence! By Kelly Coco I loved it! What a wonderful love story! I had been waiting for it to come out! I am very happy with the little book!
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