{"id":4693,"date":"2016-01-31T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T17:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=4693"},"modified":"2016-02-23T11:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T11:09:27","slug":"a-mark-brady-the-paisley-tunnel-1970","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=4693","title":{"rendered":"Book Discussion: The Paisley Tunnel, 1970 by Mark Brady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/?page_id=1134\">Return to Table of Content<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4706\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4706\" class=\"wp-image-4706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Brady\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-route-80-nevada-1-of-1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Mark Brady, Route 80, Nevada<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The Paisley Tunnel<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nA powerful visual memoir that connects the personal with the world for those Americans who came of age in an era of dramatic change.\u00a0 It is a photographic journey cross- country\u00a0 with text combining personal, life-changing experiences, with broad strokes of America&#8217;s cultural subconscious.\u00a0 It captures the youth and spirit of that generation, the fabric that made up the country, and is a testimony to the times.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mark Brady:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">Mark Brady has been working in photography, and video for over 40 years. He received his M.F.A. from the Visual Studies \u00a0Workshop (SUNY, Buffalo), Rochester, N.Y.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">He has received CAPS and NYFA Grants, and has done an Artist-in-Residency (Video) at WXXI-TV (PBS) through a New York Council on the Arts Grant.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">\u00a0His work has been shown nationally, and is in numerous collections, including the Donnell Library, Global village, and Visual Studies Workshop.\u00a0 His interests are primarily in documentary and autobiography.\u00a0 He has taught at the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Alfred University. He has been a photojournalist at WHAM-TV (ABC) since 1988, where he has received numerous honors for his work.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Selected portfolio from the book: <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/portfolio\/brady-album\/album\/index.html\">The Paisley Tunnel, 1970<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/153670450\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book discussion with Roger Bruce (left) and Mark Brady (right)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> (January 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/153670451\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.com\/b\/6317601-the-paisley-tunnel-1970\">Order a copy of the book<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4712\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4712\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4712\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4712\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Mark Brady, Berkeley Campus\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-berkeley-campus-1-of-1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Mark Brady, Berkeley Campus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Easy Rider, Robert Frank&#8217;s <em>The Americans<\/em>.\u00a0 Woodstock, California Dreaming, Vietnam, Civil rights and the Women&#8217;s Rights Movement are the unspoken context of this book.\u00a0 It was a time for challenging, leaving home and searching for something, anything.\u00a0 It was a time when we all got stoned listening to music that pointed inward and outward.\u00a0 Not only did the (USA) social landscape change (We can not forget Watergate), but we changed as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4711\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-big-sur-1-of-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4711\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4711\" class=\"wp-image-4711 \" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-big-sur-1-of-1-150x97.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Brady\" width=\"260\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Mark Brady, Big Sur<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the late 1960s and into the 70s, photography lifted its head, giving license and purpose to the VW traveler.\u00a0 Taking photographs provided a purpose as the days and hours passed.\u00a0 Influenced by Danny Lyons, <span class=\"st\">Friedlander<\/span>, Minor White and others, Mark Brady did what so many of us wanted to do: make and photograph the road trip. (Least we not forget Will Nelson and his 1979 hit <em>On the Road Again<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>His book, <em>The Paisley Tunnel<\/em>, was a generational experience.\u00a0 It speaks to images making images, and experience impacted by the searching and hopeful.\u00a0 Looking back 40 years, sitting here listening to Carol King, it does not feel that long ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4717\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4717\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4717\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4717\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Mark Brady, White Sands\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IE-white-sands-1-of-1.jpg 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Mark Brady, White Sands<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to Table of Content The Paisley Tunnel A powerful visual memoir that connects the personal with the world for those Americans who came of age in an era of dramatic change.\u00a0 It is a photographic journey cross- country\u00a0 with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=4693\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88893,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2KsSU-1dH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4693"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4726,"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4693\/revisions\/4726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}