Bøger af Mark Chester

"This collection of engaging black-and-white photographs captures America from the driver's seat. Offering fresh perspectives on the United States' iconic highways, byways, back roads, and small-town main streets, Mark Chester puts America's unique spirit of innovation on full display. With humor and pathos, Roadshow Anthropology explores high and low culture and the worlds of commerce, architecture, design, advertising, and fashion. As a social commentator and a connoisseur of Americana, Chester pays homage to a range of influences, including the work of photojournalist Lee Friedlander"--

Born in to a poor mining village in the 1930s, Peter Wells was keen to escape pit life. His Grandfather's small holding provided an alternative, and early life skills, and Sheffield's moorlands space to explore. An apprenticeship at Hillier's Nurseries gave practical skills. He listened, observed and absorbed. Becoming a manager of a tree nursery, he was able to apply both production skills and management techniques to develop operations. His determination and pioneering drive were evident.A change in direction led him to launch his own nursery, in a borrowed field. It was a small-scale operation, and trading conditions were tough. The product was good, very good, but he needed something extra special to stand out. He was introduced to the White Containers, to grow trees in. A novel idea, he saw the potential. It transformed his business, and then UK tree production. One million trees later, he is still pursuing new ideas.

In 1985, forty hooligan followers of Stoke City FC experienced a riotous trip to Portsmouth - and the Naughty Forty was born. It became one of the most notorious soccer gangs in Britain.