Book honoring teen wins national awards.Byline: BOB KEEFER The Register-Guard "Continuation," a small, privately published book of photographs commemorating the life of Larisa Caldwell, a Eugene teen-ager who died of cancer in 1997, has won three national awards. The 84-page book, whose full title is "Continuation: Honoring and Celebrating the Human Condition," has been named the best self-published book of 2001 by Writer's Digest Writer's Digest, established in 1920, is a United States magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles. magazine. It's also won the Silver Award in the Summit Creative Awards International Design Competition and the Independent Publisher Book Award as Most Life-Changing Book of the year. There's even some talk - nothing for the record yet - of the book's being picked up by a major publisher. Near the end of her life, Caldwell, who died at 19, had a Chinese character signifying the Taoist concept of continuation tattooed on her body. Before she died, perhaps three dozen relatives, friends, acquaintances and even strangers had the same tattoo applied. The book is a series of photographs of people with their tattoos - including Caldwell and her mother - alongside essays about the meaning of the continuum of life and death. Eugene photographer Kent Peterson, who donated his time to create portraits of more than 30 people for the book, said he was thrilled that the work was receiving recognition. "We knew the work was good," he said. "The most important thing is that a wider audience now has access to it." Eugene designer Annie Vrijmoet, who designed the book, said everyone who worked on the project was deeply touched by the experience. "People have really different reactions to it," she said. "To see this again through other people's eyes was really affecting." Managing editor for the book was Scott Brooks
Scott William Brooks (born July 31 1965 in French Camp, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. , Caldwell's uncle. The photographs and essays that made up the book were also exhibited in 2001 at Eugene's White Lotus White Lotus Chinese Buddhist millenarian movement that was often persecuted because of its association with rebellion. The movement had roots in 4th-century worship of the Buddha Amitabha, whose devotional cult inspired Mao Ziyuan to form the White Lotus Society, a pious Gallery. Since then, the exhibit has been shown in Boise, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. . Possible future venues for the show include galleries in Washington, D.C., and the Durango Arts Center in Durango, Colo. "Continuation" was published in a small run of 1,000 copies, about half of which have been sold. The book is available for $40 at White Lotus, 767 Willamette St. All profits from the book's sale go to five charities Caldwell selected: The American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, of Oregon, the Children's Starlight Foundation, the HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Alliance, the Larisa Caldwell Scholarship Fund at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. and the South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. Teenage Grief Healing Fund. More information about the book is available on the Web at www.continuationbook.com. |
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