It was the summer of Princess Diana’s wedding, “Bette Davis Eyes” and “Jessie’s Girl.” In June of 1981, I met some college friends in a public park just outside Kansas City, where we built a 16’x24′ raft from assorted lumber, cottonwood, a telephone pole, and thirty-two 55-gallon oil drums. Ten days later, the crew of eight launched the “Eulenspiegel” and floated 1,420 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, propelled only by the river current and four 10-foot-long deck-mounted oars. Two months later, we arrived in New Orleans.
On November 5, 2024, Daylight Books will publish my photographic documentary about the journey of the Eulenspiegel and its crew. The 6″x 9″ hardcover book, “The River Will Be a Part of Us,” will be available through distributors and bookstores around the world. I recently travelled to New York City to attend the “soft launch” of my book at the International Center of Photography’s 2024 Photobook Fest. For more details about the ICP 2024 Photobook Fest, including photographs of the event, visit my Blog via the link at the top of your screen.
You can visit my “Book Page” on Daylight Books’ website via the link below, where you can pre-order a copy of the book now and have it shipped to you as soon as it is published.
