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News & Current Projects
DeLaurenti Specialty Food and Wine DeLaurenti's new book on the food, the people, and the history that make this Pike Place Market specialty grocery such an institution is now underway. Stay tuned, you won't want to miss this full-color book with images by photographer Jim Henkens, scheduled for a Spring 2010 release.
People of the Saltchuk Today Documentary Media privately released a truly unique book, with 116 original watercolor and oil paintings by Alaskan artist, Byron Birdsall. Over the course of almost two years, Birdsall travelled to companies owned by Saltchuk Resources all over the globe, painting the people and equipment that are the heart of this diverse, family-owned maritime company. If you are lucky enough to look through a copy, you will be amazed at how Birdsall captured the people of the sea.
SHIPWRECK! Pirates and Treasure Odyssey Marine Exploration and Discovery Place hired Documentary Media to produce the companion book to this interactive exhibition featured at Discovery Place, N.C., from July 2009 through January 2010. The full-color book describes the process of modern treasure hunting, documentation, and artifact recovery, and tells the stories behind several important recently discovered shipwrecks. Available only at the exhibition.
The Bellevue Farmers Market Cookbook With recipes contributed by the Eastside's top chefs, from John Howie of Seastar Restaurant to Holly Smith of Café Juanita, as well as food and produce tips from the many farmers and vendors who make the Bellevue Farmers Market so popular, this cookbook will be available in the Spring of 2009, just in time for the early harvest.
Advancing Care: The History of Northwest Kidney Centers Documentary Media begins research phase on a history of the treatment of kidney desease and the application of new science by Northwest Kidney Centers in recognition of the Centers' 50th anniversary. The text is being written by Dr. Christopher Blagg, an internationally known authority on kidney function and nephrology, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the UW, Executive Director Emeritus of Northwest Kidney Center, and 30-year veteran of the Centers' work to provide state-of-the-art hemodialysis and renal therapy. This book is scheduled to be released in 2010.
Inside the Nonprofit Boardroom First produced in 1999, a new edition of Inside the Nonprofit Boardroom will be released in the Spring of 2009. It provides additional guidance and updated considerations for current and prospective boardmembers, and senior management of nonprofit organizations.
Lucy's Legacy, a focus on Ethiopian Food The exhibit "Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ehtiopia" is visiting the Pacific Science Center in Seattle from October of 2008 to March of 2009. Documentary Media is publishing the book that will accompany the exhibit. The book, titled Recipes from Afar and Near, features art and tradtional recipes from the Ethiopian community in the Pacific Northwest, as well as plenty of folklore and facts about Ethiopian culture.
General Construction Company's 100 years of marine construction Scheduled for release by Documentary Media in the Fall of 2010, a new book by author Lisa Albers will detail the history of General Construction from it's founding just before the opening of the Panama Canal to the present. From ship building and big dams, to bridges and ports, General Construction has played a major role in defining how things get built in and around water. It is a story that winds through both World Wars, involvement with industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, and a long tradition of company pride as the company passed through various stages of ownership. With full color and black and white images in large format, the book will be a visual treat as well.
Petyr Beck named publisher of Documentary Media In a special meeting of Documentary Media owners, Petyr Beck was named the Company's new publisher. Beck is a company founder and has served as editorial director since 2000. At the same meeting, Barry Provorse was named Executive Editor, a change to better indicate the nature of his work. Provorse is also a company founder, and has operated under the title of publisher since the early 1980s.
"A Day in Pompeii" exhibition opens next month at Discovery Place, Charlotte, North Carolina A collaboration between four natural history museums hosting this presentation led to A Day in Pompeii, a descriptive guide to the exhibition that has been a sellout since it opened at the Gulf Coast Exploreum in Mobile, Alabama, in January of 2007. The exhibition ends its tour at Discovery Place, where it will visit until January of 2009.
Photography of the Hoh River helps raise money Fast Moving Water: Images and Essays from the Hoh River is a breathtaking collection of images taken by photographer Keith Lazelle, accompanied by essays and poems from diverse perspectives, all with a vested interest in the beautiful Hoh River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Commissioned by the Hoh River Trust, the book helps raise money for the protection of one of the last great wild rivers.
Developer Kemper Freeman's family biography has been gifted to the Bellevue Art Museum From the opening of Bellevue Square in 1946, expansion has been a way of business life for Kemper Freeman Jr. and the Freeman family. Generations: Kemper Freeman Jr. and the Freeman Family, published by Documentary Media in 2007, has been gifted so that all proceeds from the sale of the book will directly benefit the Eastside Heritage Center and the Bellevue Art Museum.
Dead Sea Scrolls guide a success at three national exhibitions Three national venues that hosted the Dead Sea Scrolls tour of the U.S. between 2006 and 2007 chose Documentary Media to create a companion guide to the exhibit. Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC, sold out all 20,000 copies before the exhibition ended. Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA, sold 23,000 copies, and Union Station Kansas City, MO, sold 18,000 copies. Each book featured information about the specific scrolls at each exhibition.
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