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Adam P.W. Smith

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http://www.goodreads.com/adampwsmith

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Richmond, ON, Canada

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male

website

http://www.adampwsmith.com

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adampwsmith

genre

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor

influences

Pennie Smith

member since

October 2011

About this author

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Adam PW Smith is a Vancouver-based photographer with a highly regarded reputation for live event photography using available light. He has been called “the best concert photographer in the country,” and can be found hiding in the wings of concert halls or crouching behind speaker stacks in theatres, clubs, and bars all over Vancouver, England, and, more recently, Poland.

In 2011 Smith published his first book - This Place Is Awesome - an account of the week he spent touring Britain with Vancouver's gypsy-klezmer-celtic-cider-polka-punk band The Dreadnoughts. The book is a combination of photographs and stories, and attempts to provide a glimpse into the real world of touring at the bottom end of the music industry food chain.

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Why are eBooks so bad?

I don't mean the content - although it's undeniably true that the lowering of the barrier to entry will result in a flood of mediocre work to trudge though. No, I'm referring to the eBook format.

It's just such a poorly executed standard. Here's just a few of the things that drive me crazy.

Too Many Font Sizes

Depending on the format you will be presented with a range of choices for font size. Why... read more »

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Average rating: 4.25 · 4 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work

This Place is Awesome

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011

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Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography

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Set Lighting Technician's Handbook: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

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Adam Smith added photos to This Place is Awesome
May 11, 2012 01:06am
Adam P.W. Smith wrote a new blog post: Why are eBooks so bad? Why are eBooks so bad? I don't mean the content - although it's undeniably true that the lowering of the barrier to entry will result in a flood of mediocre work to trudg... read more »
Mar 28, 2012 04:16pm · like 1 like
Adam Smith gave to: Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography by Errol Morris	My rating:
Jan 14, 2012 05:52pm
Adam Smith marked as to-read: " Redemption Song ": The Definitive Biography Of Joe Strummer by Chris Salewicz	My rating:
Jan 14, 2012 05:50pm
Adam Smith is now following Kevin's reviews
Nov 17, 2011 02:49pm
Adam Smith said "yes" to attending the event: This Place Is Awesome - Ottawa Reading date: January 05, 2012 09:00PM location: Collected Works, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, ON, Canada description: Adam PW Smith will be at Collected Works in Ottawa to read from This Place Is Awesome, accompanied by photographs, possibly a showing of the Polka Never Dies video. Bring cookies.
Nov 17, 2011 02:45pm
Adam Smith liked Andrea Federau's review of This Place is Awesome: " A thrilling page turner on the travails of traveling with a band through the wilds of English pub gigs. At times anthropological and in others archaeological; it's an exploration of a particular microsociety as seen through the eyes of a photograp... " Read more of this review »
Nov 17, 2011 09:59am · see review
Adam Smith added: This Place is Awesome by Adam P.W. Smith (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Nov 17, 2011 08:30am
Adam Smith marked as to-read: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson	My rating:
Nov 15, 2011 11:38pm