Poet Portraits by W.T. Pfefferle Photo Gallery by Bob Hate (303 H8) at pbase.com

Poet Portraits by W.T. Pfefferle

From September 2003 to May 2004, my wife and I traveled 20,000 miles in a motorhome visiting 62 American poets. I interviewed and photographed them for my latest book, Poets On Place . Some of the photos appear below. The book appeared in April of 2005, published by the good folks at Utah State University Press. You can order it by clicking on the title.

Terrance Hayes	Beth Ann Fennelly	David Lehman	Elizabeth Dodd
Dave Smith	Naomi Shihab Nye	Donald Revell	Rita Dove
Michael S. Harper	Carl Phillips	Bob Wrigley	Mark Strand
Paisley Rekdal	Michael Dennis Browne	David Citino	Jane Miller
Ralph Angel	Mark Wunderlich	Sam Hamill	Lisa Samuels
Natasha Trethewey	Lucie Brock-Broido	Miller Williams	Charles Wright
Sandra Alcosser	Marvin Bell	poets-pbase003.jpg	Sharon Bryan
Scott Cairns	C.D. Wright	James Cummins	Nikki Giovanni
Linda Gregerson	Mark Halperin	Jana Harris	Jonathan Holden
Christopher Howell	Mark Jarman	Campbell McGrath	Orlando Ricardo Menes
Carol Muske-Dukes	Nicole Cooley	Peter Cooley	Alberto Rios
David Romtvedt	Alan Shapiro	Frederick Smock	Richard Tillinghast
William Wenthe	Bin Ramke	Nance Van Winckel

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Lawrence Solum		23-May-2010 11:52
Wonderful gallery!

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		25-Jul-2007 13:50
I bought your book "Poets On Place" and now journeying with you into the hearts and minds of these and other gifted American poets. I recommend it highly. The URL is http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-5658047-5167654?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=w.t.+pfefferle

Bang Truong		03-Jul-2007 22:43
Excellent back and white potraits. Congrat !

JD		02-Jul-2007 05:58
A terrific journey! Diversity of faces... as well as poetry I'm sure.

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		01-Jul-2007 21:47
What an amazing project--to give faces & places to the persons behind the words. And such a stellar gathering of poets you have pictured here! Big kudos on your book being published; I'm going to see that I get a copy of my very own.

Denise Dee		27-Apr-2007 10:50
Love the variety of faces and styles. So many different moods. I voted for the gallery. Thanks, denise

Marisa D.L.		23-Apr-2007 11:13
A very fascinating projetc indeed. All this series of portraits is full of meanigful feelings. Marisa

Ali Majdfar		25-Feb-2007 19:04
SPECTACULAR COLLECTION, EXCELLENT. GMV

Jude Marion		30-Dec-2006 19:53
This is a wonderful series of portraits, Bob ... Congrats on your publication!

jaac		22-Aug-2006 22:56
Worth the 20,000 mile travel, great gallery of portraits.......agree with Fred would be great to see the complete collection...but i guess that would only be by buying the book :-)

ArminB		15-May-2006 20:34
Indeed, it is a wonderful gallery...but I guess, it was even more wonderful to meet all these poets, hear their story...and then frame them with the character :) splendid!

Fred Wilkinson		28-Mar-2006 01:01
This is a wonderful gallery with some really great portraits. I particularly like those of David Lehman, Naomi Nye, Michael S Harper, Bob Wrigley and Mark Strand. I am unfamiliar with their poetry but find it interesting to imagine and reflect upon how one might personally relate to each and every one of these personalities as represented here, Would love to see the rest of the series on pbase. GMV.

Utsav		04-Mar-2006 04:09
awesome...superb captures of alive and expressive faces.. poets is a wonderful gallery!

Lynne Duquette Perera		21-Feb-2006 20:13
amazing gallery! It really tells a story!

Avanzini		28-Jan-2006 08:23
Wonderful portraits. Great black & white. Regards.

Kees Terberg		09-Jan-2006 23:57
What a fantastic idea and what a well presented portfolio. These captures may appear different but all of them reveal the same style, a skill portrayed by the artist through the great use of light and report with the sitters. This is the stuff of legends. These poets are unfortunately not ones that I am familiar with but the way you captured them on film is mindboggling;. Very impressive. Chapeau!

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