Books published by Daylight Books

ROME 1970s provides a view of life during a time when Italy moved from an in- nocent "dolce vita" existence to a more hardened reality. Featuring portraits and urban views from Rome and its surrounds, this eye-opening collection of black and white photographs tells the story of how modern-day Italy came to be. ROME 1970s will be exhibited at Robert Klein Gallery, Boston in Spring 2019.

And Here We Are examines the current condition of our rapidly changing landscape, the sixth extinction and the fragile places where man and nature collide.

The composite, textured landscapes in the series A Sense of Place are a re-creation of places and scenes from an estranged homeland.

Moon Shine features photographs from Appalachia's Cumberland Plateau. This work is inspired by the musical traditions native to this soil. From this point of inquiry, a lyrical portrait of place emerges.

We Were There documents ten years of Austin's music scene through photographs of ecstatic fans. Book includes a never-before-released vinyl record by The Black Angels!

Recovered Memory: New York and Paris 1960-1980 is a meditation on time and place: before the internet and 24/7 news; when one could visit the Eiffel Tower without seeing police and automatic weapons, when a ride on the New York subway cost 15 cents, when the smell of fresh-baked baguettes wafted over nearly every Parisian neighborhood, and when the Coney Island parachute ride still thrilled thousands. Van Riper's striking black and white photographs spanning twenty years, coupled with his eloquent texts, capture the 20th-century romance and grit of New York more than a half century ago, and Paris, some forty years ago. It was a time when the pace of life was slower and somehow less threatening, people talked to each other instead of texting on their iPhones, and you literally had to stop and smell the coffee.