The Michigan Citizen, ovember 1-7,19 7
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Do you have a camera in
the house? If so, let's use the
camera, a fe good books on
photography, and a coupJe of
highly inspiring role models to
spar up the youngsters' inter­
est in reading.
Click: A First Camera Book
by Robin Forbes (Macmillan
1979) is a boo of easy-to-fol­
low instructions for beginning
photographers, helping them
to learn about such things as
light and bac ground and how
to choose subjects. Full page
photographs with one or two
lines of text makes this an ex­
cellent boo for youngsters
from 3rd grade and up.
A book with more detailed
instructions for the beginner
. : Phil Steinberg's Photog­
raphy (Lerner Publications
1975). It co ers the basics of
photography with explanations
about the different kinds of
camer ,how to take better
pictures, and how to set up a
darkroom and develop pic­
tures. It also has an excellent
section giving suggestions for
photography field trip and
picture-taking projects.
Photo Fun by David
Web ter (Watts 1973) is filled
with ideas for having fun with
the camer explaining such
things as how to take pictures
of people walking up a wall
and how to take underwater
pictures. It even tells how to
take pictures without a camera.
The more serious tudents
of photography will enjoy
Magic With Photography by Ed­
ward Polder (Grosset 1969)
which gives simplified explana­
tions nd scientific demonstra­
tions of basic photography.
I photography a hobbby
which can lead to something
greater? It is indeed!
James Van DerZee: The Pic­
ture-Takin' Man by James
Hawkins (Dod 1979) is an .in-
piring story of an African
American who started out
taking pictures just because he
had a fascination for the
camera, which was still a very
experimental invention when
Van DerZee was a boy. It was
not his intention to make a
career of photography, but
simply to take the best pictues
he could possibly take and to
make people to 100 like they.
wanted to look. Over the years
in the Harlem community, he
took pictures of families
By Robert . Taylor
DID YOU 0 ... that
one rea n the Japanese are
economically productive is that
they simply may move faster
than everyone el In the world.
A survey conducted veral year
ago found that when walking
down the street the Japanese
a1k faster than any other
nation urveyed. In addition
it was discovered that the
Japanese had the most accurate
clocks in the world.
DID YOU . . . that
three key attributes for per­
sonal success are stubborness,
objectivity and self-di Ipline.
You need to be stubborn enough
to stick to your plans; objective
enough to change the plan if
circumstances change and self­
disciplined enough to energeti­
cally work your plan.
DID YOU 0 ... that
you may not be brushing your
teeth properly. Re arch shows
that most people pend only
30-60 conds brushing their
teeth each morning. But ccord­
ing to Un iversity of 10 a
periodontist Dr. Benny Hawkins
the best time to brush your
teeth is at night and you should
spend at least 3-5 minutes
brushing.
The
DID YOU 0 ... that
singers live longer than most
people. The reason is that
they breath better. By on­
stantly using their diaphragm
• singers condit jon their heart
and lungs. The re ult Is that the
heart rate is lowered and a more
efficient blood-pumping ystem
is developed.
OlD YOU 0 '" that
if you are interested in becom­
ing a more fmancially secure
per n, you may want to order
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DID YO
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DID YOU
o '" that
In the Service
an int xicated passeng r in­
volved in an automobile
accident is 15 times more like
than a ber rider to severe
brain damage.
avy Petty Officer 2nd Class
GARY L. K APP, a resident
of 408\2 E. Divi sion St.
Dowagiac, MI, recently partici­
pated in a Green stinge r
Operation with Re rve aval
obile Construction Battalion­
.26, aval Air Facility Detroit
Mount Clemens, I.
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RE E M. TUR ER, daughter
of Elmer E. and Peggy G. rur-
. .
ner of 4516 Lillibrldge, De­
troit, recently reported for duty
at aval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
A 1986 graduate of Edwin
Denby High School, she joined
the avy in January 1987.
avy Airman Recruit YO­
LANDA L. LEWIS, daughter of
Jacquelyn B. Lewis of 15491
Ferguson Detroit, has complet­
ed recruit tralning at Recruit
Training Command Orlando, FL.
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Together
gatherings, church socials,
fraternal events, weddings and
graduations, all of which all
ended up being one of the
most brilliant .records of
African American life ever
recorded. Van DerZee did
not finish school, but his
ability with the camera, his
hard work, and his insistence
upon giving people the best
service which he could give
have earned for him honorary
degrees from the nation's top
universities and a place in his­
tory as one of the nation's
greatest photographers.
Gordon Parks, the first
Blac photo-journalist ill the
world, used the camera to tell
the story of Black people's
struggle with oppression and
to call attention to the
problems of poverty all over
the world. An excellent biog­
raphy of Parks for young
readers is Gordon Parks:
Black Photographer and Film
Maker by Terry Harnon (Gar­
rard 1972) which gives a
detailed account of how Parks
became interested in photog­
raphy and of the efforts he put
into learning how to tell a
story with photographs.
Teenagers and adult
readers will enjoy Parks'
autobiography: A Choice Of
Weapons (Harper Row 1966)
which is his own account off
the hardships he encountered
in growing up, how he almost
fell into crime, and how he
chose instead, to use the
camera as his weapon to fight
the evils of racism and poverty.
Since photography is an ac­
tivity which youngsters and
adults can share with equal en­
thusiasm, it makes an excel­
lent subject for picture-taking
families to read about
together. The nice thing about
photography as a road to read­
ing is that it leaves a wonder­
ful trail of photographs which
can be enjoyed for years to
come.
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