THOMAS MARTIN SMITH - writer & photographer

 
IN THE LONG RUN - A Hopeful World Odyssey
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The Book:

IN THE LONG RUN
A Hopeful World Odyssey

First Print Edition!
ISBN 0-9685813-0-7

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  • This is the First Print Edition - definitely a Limited edition!  I will be producing a maximum of 500 copies.  (I reserve the right to make fewer copies.) These are made by hand, one-by-one.

  • Softcover.  597 letter-size, double column pages, approximately 450,000 words.

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SLIDE SHOW On Diskette
ISBN 0-9685813-3-1

Images of the World from the Odyssey

Plus:
46 tips on
HOW TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS!

  • 42 large full-color images from around the world, taken by an internationally published photographer.

  • No software to buy or download!  The show opens in your web browser.

  • Fast and easy!  Just download from the diskette, click on the icon and enjoy the show!  You control it!   Images load quickly!

  • Reproduced on a high-quality virgin diskette (formatted for PC).

  • Comes with a printable script that describes each image.

  • FREE BONUS!  HOW TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS - included in the script are 46 TIPS on how you can take better photographs to record the times of your life! 

The Slide Show (click on #'s 24, 32 and 35 below to see samples)

1. Title Image (Haleakala, Hawaii) (shown above) 15.  Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion, Greece 29.  Farm in Himalayan foothills, Nepal
2.  The Peace Bridge, Fort Erie, Canada 16.  Tom, Melawend & Cameleer, Egypt 30.  Monkeys, Kathmandu, Nepal
3.  Girl in phonebox, Bath, England 17. Death mask of Tutankhamen 31.  Singapore skyline
4.  Castle Combe, England 18.   Camel market, Imbaba, Cairo 32.  Girl & shipwreck, Tioman Is, Malaysia
5.  Glen Coe, Scotland 19.  Sunrise atop Mount Sinai 33.  Love on the Ginza, Tokyo
6.  Couple in Copenhagen 20.  Desert "tracks", Nubian Desert, Sudan 34.  Tokyo Americana street scene
7.  The Rhine, Germany 21.   Khartoum North School, Sudan 35.  Tom, Melawend, Diamond Head, Hawaii
8.  Hotel de Ville, Paris 22.  Sheru - lion that kissed Tom, Nairobi, Kenya 36.  10,000' up on Maui
9.  Silhouette of El Cid, Burgos, Spain 23.  Max (chimp) photographer 37.    Hollywood & Vine, Hollywood, USA
10.  Timeless old village, Spain 24.  Longonot Crater, Kenya 38.  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA, USA
11.  Florence American Cemetery, Italy 25.  Crowd around Melawend, Bombay, India 39.  Tom, Melawend, Golden Gate Bridge
12.  Pope John Paul, St. Peters Square 26.  Taj Mahal, Agra, India 40.  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
13.  Greek sunset 27.  Children of poverty, Varanasi, India 41.  Our Lady of Fatima Shrine silhouette of Mother Mary, Lewiston, New York
14.  Greek fishermen in silhouette 28.  Sunburst over Phewa Lake, Nepal 42.  Closing image - Pt. Abino Lighthouse in silhouette, Fort Erie, Canada

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"A Whole New World"
from
Aladdin

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