Original book of photographs and text compiled by a bestselling author,
comprised of moonlight scenes of Milford, Pennsylvania, where he
creates a visual meaning and mood to his ancestral village of four
generations. Richard Morais is particularly suited to this endeavor: When
he writes his novels, he endeavors to convey a meaning or mood or scene
in a book (and thus his bestselling book, The Hundred Foot Journey,
Scribner, 2010 became a film version, 2014) by striving to capture the
right image more than the right word. The fashioning of this book was no
exception: Late one night while walking his dogs he wondered what a
single image would best capture a novel about his hometown, Milford.
The full moon that stood over one of the back alleys prompted him to
snap the shadow-filled moonlit scene that was both beautiful and
mysterious and moody. After that first photograph, the assembly of
images took on a life of its own. What started as a simple search for an
image that would suit a murder mystery he was mentally formulating,
became the process that ultimately morphed into its own endeavor:
This series of photographs that became a visual love letter to Milford,
where his family has resided for four generations.
