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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998

Description

Linda Butler’s photography depicts the intimate aspect of the Shaker life, thereby making the people individuals, not just a group. The beauty in her photography also relays the beauty in the everyday examples of Shaker life.

Credits
Art director: Carol Devine Carson
Designer: Susan Carroll
Photographer: Linda Butler
Typefaces: Serlio, Dorchester Script
Author: June Sprigg
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.