Picture Perfect
Bill Brett, the longtime Boston Globe photographer, is one of the genuine good guys, a throwback to an era when the news business was less corporate, more intimate, and certainly more human. (At least I think there was such an era because I've heard about it.)
So even if his new book of 240 black and white photos of Boston's bigshots was lousy, in all honesty, I would probably plug it. The good news is that
Boston, All One Family is must-see coffee table material for anyone with an innate love of the city and the people who help define it. By the way, Brett is one of those people.
My personal favorites include a stunning portrait of Bay State Banner publisher Mel Miller and the three conductors -- Keith Lockhart, John Williams and Seiji Ozawa -- huddled around a Steinway piano. Still, nothing beats the cover shot of former mayors Ray Flynn and Kevin White flanking their successor, Tom Menino, in a wet walk through the Public Garden.
Nice going, Bill.