In November 1976, after Jimmy Carter was elected President, Anna and I drove down to Plains, Georgia. I took a lot of pictures of the town. I took on the role of a rude unscrupulous prying paparazzi photographer.
About 30 years later when I started my blog Chicken-fat in a desperate search for material I remembered my Plains pictures and published them on the blog. There are some pictures of Mrs. Lillian Carter signing autographs; some of Billy Carter; and some buildings. Actually, just after I took a picture of Billy in his vehicle he shot me a bird- he caught me with my camera down.... I miss the best shots sometimes.
Arcadia Press is releasing a book about Plains, and Jimmy Carter. The editor, Bobby Buccallato searched and found my Plains pictures on Chicken-fat. He emailed me and asked for permission to use some of them in his book and I said sure.
Today the book JIMMY CARTER IN PLAINS will be released. The launching site is the Carter Center in Atlanta this evening. We were asked to be there. We probably will. Here are some of the pictures of Billy and his service station, and Miss Lillian.
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