Finally had time this week to hang two photographs by Richard Bickel — J.R. and Ebony at Turner Landing, and Mileena, Logger’s Daughter.
Richard very generously allowed us to make these photographs the covers for our books. Mileena is the cover of Tina’s collection of poems, Known by Salt. J.R. and Ebony is the cover of my collection of stories, This Ditch-Walking Love. We are grateful to him for that. His work connects with what we write.
We first came across these photographs in Richard’s book, Apalachicola River: An American Treasure, Faces Along the River. We came across that book in Ada and Dail’s house on St. George Island when we visited them. Then we crossed the bridges to Eastpoint to Apalachicola where Richard has his studio. And that’s where we met him and have gotten to know him.
Those two photographs, side by side, have made our south wall complete.
Here is a link to Richard Bickel Photography. He recently won an Emmy for his contributions to the film Unfiltered.
