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10/05/2020 8:07 am
For those who havn't seen or heard of Elgin Park....
Creator and truly talented - Michael Paul Smith - RIP...
10/05/2020 8:14 am
10/05/2020 4:06 pm
Oh no...
...No. Was he ill? I spent so much time watching his videos. I have one of his books. What an amazing talent.
10/05/2020 4:28 pm
Phil, I know there is the one book, but which is the other book of his?
10/05/2020 11:52 pm
I agree, he was hard to beat with his photos.
I have both of his books. When that second one came out you could buy it pre-publication and it would be signed. When mine came in it was signed to someone else. He signed another for me and told me to give the one I had to someone else of my choice. When I made a model house based on his childhood home he was delighted. A gracious very talented man and gone way too soon.
11/05/2020 4:33 am
I learn of him just last year. His work was amazing!
11/05/2020 8:35 am
He was quite a multi-talented guy. He died from pancreatic cancer.
11/05/2020 8:46 am
(PICS) The first one was published in 2011 the other in 2015:
1) Elgin Park: An Ideal American Town (2011)
2) Elgin Park: Visual Memories of MidCentury America at 1/24 Scale (2015)
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11/05/2020 5:24 pm
I was lucky to get both books. They are treasures.