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There was a headline on Compuserve that a photography gallery in Pittsburgh was having a exhibition honoring Rachel Carson. Since she was one of my inspirations for my choice of career path, and it's Silent Spring's* fortieth anniversary, I followed the link hoping to see some of the photos. Unfortunately, no examples from the display (other than a lone photo of the woman herself) were posted, although this article, gives a description of a few of them. I suppose it has to do with the photographer's copyrights and as John said, "They want you to actually come to the gallery." However, since it's in Pittsburgh, rather a long drive from CA, I'm unlikely to make it there. A bit disappointing, but maybe they'll publish them in a book so the rest of us can see them.

*Silent Spring, published the year I was born, was one of the first books illustrated how the indiscriminate use of pesticides in agricultural and horticultural applications harmed more than just destructive insects, and led to the banning of DDT and the regulation of other chemicals.