Hello, my name is Jean Libby. I am Elisabeth Libby's mom. She makes video documentaries. She is my favorite model for portraits. I am now a retired US History instructor at community colleges in northern California. When I was younger I was a professional wedding photographer. I enjoyed capturing the family relationships and making candid portraits. This is still a pleasure. My second favorite portrait subject is the dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien. I have just published a book of his prose stories with cover photos by Christopher McCooey. See www.atozproductions.com/A_Book_is_Born.html I am experimenting putting some poems next to his photos on SmugMug. http://www.smugmug.com/img/smuggy64.gif http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/ 2008-12-09T00:24:02Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/6784516_qZKPv">My Smug Mug</a>'</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/6784516_qZKPv" title="My Smug Mug"><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/Jean-column/433487344_WYuRw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="My Smug Mug" title="My Smug Mug" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-09T00:24:02Z elisabethsmom http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/6784516_qZKPv <p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2">Jean Libby's portraits</a>'</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2" title="Jean Libby's portraits"><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Jean-Libby-2004-003/122250770_ziXaB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Jean Libby's portraits" title="Jean Libby's portraits" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-01-10T00:35:38Z elisabethsmom http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2