elisabethsmom's recent photosHello, 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.gifhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/2008-12-09T00:32:40ZCopyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved.SmugMugHello, I like books and authors. These are about the American Civil War.<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Hello, I like books and authors. These are about the American Civil War.</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/6784516_qZKPv#433487344_WYuRw" title="Hello, I like books and authors. These are about the American Civil War."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/Jean-column/433487344_WYuRw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Hello, I like books and authors. These are about the American Civil War." title="Hello, I like books and authors. These are about the American Civil War." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2008-12-09T00:32:40Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/Jean-column/433487344_WYuRw-Th.jpg2002-01-01 00:00:00Beth is now a professional photographer and producer. Check out her pages on www.atozproductions.com<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Beth is now a professional photographer and producer. Check out her pages on www.atozproductions.com</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#241829952_FZc3v" title="Beth is now a professional photographer and producer. Check out her pages on www.atozproductions.com"><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/bethbirds/241829952_FZc3v-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Beth is now a professional photographer and producer. Check out her pages on www.atozproductions.com" title="Beth is now a professional photographer and producer. Check out her pages on www.atozproductions.com" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-01-20T23:22:57Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/bethbirds/241829952_FZc3v-Th.jpg2008-01-06 16:11:28This is Elisabeth at our portrait shoot on January 6, 2008. It was her birthday, and my best photographic subject since her birth while I was a photography major at De Anza College in .... ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />This is Elisabeth at our portrait shoot on January 6, 2008. It was her birthday, and my best photographic subject since her birth while I was a photography major at De Anza College in .... ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129460865_65t3V" title="This is Elisabeth at our portrait shoot on January 6, 2008. It was her birthday, and my best photographic subject since her birth while I was a photography major at De Anza College in .... ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/photogone/129460865_65t3V-Th-1.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="This is Elisabeth at our portrait shoot on January 6, 2008. It was her birthday, and my best photographic subject since her birth while I was a photography major at De Anza College in .... ..." title="This is Elisabeth at our portrait shoot on January 6, 2008. It was her birthday, and my best photographic subject since her birth while I was a photography major at De Anza College in .... ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-07-13T05:46:10Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/photogone/129460865_65t3V-Th-1.jpg2008-01-06 16:09:39Nguyen Chi Thien lecturing at a Master's Tea at Yale University in April, 2005.
This photo by Jean Libby is on the back cover of his new book by the Yale Council of Southeast Asia Studi ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Nguyen Chi Thien lecturing at a Master's Tea at Yale University in April, 2005.
This photo by Jean Libby is on the back cover of his new book by the Yale Council of Southeast Asia Studi ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129460459_acUUy" title="Nguyen Chi Thien lecturing at a Master's Tea at Yale University in April, 2005.
This photo by Jean Libby is on the back cover of his new book by the Yale Council of Southeast Asia Studi ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Nguyen-Chi-Thien-at-Yale-2004/129460459_acUUy-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Nguyen Chi Thien lecturing at a Master's Tea at Yale University in April, 2005.
This photo by Jean Libby is on the back cover of his new book by the Yale Council of Southeast Asia Studi ..." title="Nguyen Chi Thien lecturing at a Master's Tea at Yale University in April, 2005.
This photo by Jean Libby is on the back cover of his new book by the Yale Council of Southeast Asia Studi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T09:03:51Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Nguyen-Chi-Thien-at-Yale-2004/129460459_acUUy-Th.jpg2005-04-19 22:17:12MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is Master Cam Binh Nguyen of Vo Vi Nam, a cultural martial arts of Vietnam. She is one of the few women Masters.
Her studio and classroom is in San Jose, ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is Master Cam Binh Nguyen of Vo Vi Nam, a cultural martial arts of Vietnam. She is one of the few women Masters.
Her studio and classroom is in San Jose, ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129460309_6m4D7" title="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is Master Cam Binh Nguyen of Vo Vi Nam, a cultural martial arts of Vietnam. She is one of the few women Masters.
Her studio and classroom is in San Jose, ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/NCT-Archive-086/129460309_6m4D7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is Master Cam Binh Nguyen of Vo Vi Nam, a cultural martial arts of Vietnam. She is one of the few women Masters.
Her studio and classroom is in San Jose, ..." title="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is Master Cam Binh Nguyen of Vo Vi Nam, a cultural martial arts of Vietnam. She is one of the few women Masters.
Her studio and classroom is in San Jose, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T09:03:47Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/NCT-Archive-086/129460309_6m4D7-Th.jpg2002-01-01 00:00:00MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is my granddaughter Roxie in April 2005. Age 14.<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is my granddaughter Roxie in April 2005. Age 14.</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129460240_uFyaT" title="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
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This is the first photograph that I took of the dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien, on October 30, 2004. He is posed turning away from the Gates of Hell by Rodin at ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is the first photograph that I took of the dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien, on October 30, 2004. He is posed turning away from the Gates of Hell by Rodin at ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129459958_4iy4z" title="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is the first photograph that I took of the dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien, on October 30, 2004. He is posed turning away from the Gates of Hell by Rodin at ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/PICT0005/129459958_4iy4z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is the first photograph that I took of the dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien, on October 30, 2004. He is posed turning away from the Gates of Hell by Rodin at ..." title="MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
This is the first photograph that I took of the dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien, on October 30, 2004. He is posed turning away from the Gates of Hell by Rodin at ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T09:02:30Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/PICT0005/129459958_4iy4z-Th.jpg2002-01-01 00:00:00The Party banished me to the wilds,
wishing my corpse would feed some
manioc shrub.
A huntsman I've become, and I'll
emerge bear snake jewels, rhino
horns.
The Party drowned m ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />The Party banished me to the wilds,
wishing my corpse would feed some
manioc shrub.
A huntsman I've become, and I'll
emerge bear snake jewels, rhino
horns.
The Party drowned m ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129459859_6oFw9" title="The Party banished me to the wilds,
wishing my corpse would feed some
manioc shrub.
A huntsman I've become, and I'll
emerge bear snake jewels, rhino
horns.
The Party drowned m ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/survivors/129459859_6oFw9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Party banished me to the wilds,
wishing my corpse would feed some
manioc shrub.
A huntsman I've become, and I'll
emerge bear snake jewels, rhino
horns.
The Party drowned m ..." title="The Party banished me to the wilds,
wishing my corpse would feed some
manioc shrub.
A huntsman I've become, and I'll
emerge bear snake jewels, rhino
horns.
The Party drowned m ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T09:01:11Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/survivors/129459859_6oFw9-Th.jpg2005-07-16 23:53:54Dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien in Berkeley, California, November 2007. He will be 69 years old on Feb. 27, 2008.
The Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies has j ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien in Berkeley, California, November 2007. He will be 69 years old on Feb. 27, 2008.
The Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies has j ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129459695_VdQUK" title="Dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien in Berkeley, California, November 2007. He will be 69 years old on Feb. 27, 2008.
The Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies has j ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/ThienNov12007/129459695_VdQUK-Th-1.jpg" width="142" height="150" alt="Dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien in Berkeley, California, November 2007. He will be 69 years old on Feb. 27, 2008.
The Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies has j ..." title="Dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien in Berkeley, California, November 2007. He will be 69 years old on Feb. 27, 2008.
The Yale University Council on Southeast Asia Studies has j ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-10-08T20:40:35Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/ThienNov12007/129459695_VdQUK-Th-1.jpg2007-11-01 15:36:03This is my granddaughter Roxanne at Border's Books (the former Varsity Theater building) in Palo Alto, California in August 2007. She will begin University studies majoring in Art History i ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />This is my granddaughter Roxanne at Border's Books (the former Varsity Theater building) in Palo Alto, California in August 2007. She will begin University studies majoring in Art History i ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#129459578_9km28" title="This is my granddaughter Roxanne at Border's Books (the former Varsity Theater building) in Palo Alto, California in August 2007. She will begin University studies majoring in Art History i ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/RoxieAugust2007/129459578_9km28-Th-1.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="This is my granddaughter Roxanne at Border's Books (the former Varsity Theater building) in Palo Alto, California in August 2007. She will begin University studies majoring in Art History i ..." title="This is my granddaughter Roxanne at Border's Books (the former Varsity Theater building) in Palo Alto, California in August 2007. She will begin University studies majoring in Art History i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-10-08T21:14:27Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/RoxieAugust2007/129459578_9km28-Th-1.jpg2007-08-03 11:50:44this is Roxie, my granddaughter, at the beadshop in Palo Alto, California in summer 2006.<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />this is Roxie, my granddaughter, at the beadshop in Palo Alto, California in summer 2006.</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#122254360_7TBem" title="this is Roxie, my granddaughter, at the beadshop in Palo Alto, California in summer 2006."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Roxiebeads/122254360_7TBem-Th.jpg" width="150" height="128" alt="this is Roxie, my granddaughter, at the beadshop in Palo Alto, California in summer 2006." title="this is Roxie, my granddaughter, at the beadshop in Palo Alto, California in summer 2006." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T20:31:57Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Roxiebeads/122254360_7TBem-Th.jpg2006-12-29 12:49:02This is Elisabeth in Palo Alto in January 2008. I did a portrait shoot of her for our website: www.atozproductions.com
Canon Powershot<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />This is Elisabeth in Palo Alto in January 2008. I did a portrait shoot of her for our website: www.atozproductions.com
Canon Powershot</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#122254357_ZetTW" title="This is Elisabeth in Palo Alto in January 2008. I did a portrait shoot of her for our website: www.atozproductions.com
Canon Powershot"><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/media/122254357_ZetTW-Th-1.jpg" width="77" height="150" alt="This is Elisabeth in Palo Alto in January 2008. I did a portrait shoot of her for our website: www.atozproductions.com
Canon Powershot" title="This is Elisabeth in Palo Alto in January 2008. I did a portrait shoot of her for our website: www.atozproductions.com
Canon Powershot" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-10-06T19:59:51Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/media/122254357_ZetTW-Th-1.jpg2008-01-06 16:31:47Diem and newspaper at De Anza College in 2004. Diem has now graduated from San Jose State University.
He manages the family contracting business and finds time to help Elisabeth's Mom ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Diem and newspaper at De Anza College in 2004. Diem has now graduated from San Jose State University.
He manages the family contracting business and finds time to help Elisabeth's Mom ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#122254341_gvLTz" title="Diem and newspaper at De Anza College in 2004. Diem has now graduated from San Jose State University.
He manages the family contracting business and finds time to help Elisabeth's Mom ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Diem-and-news/122254341_gvLTz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Diem and newspaper at De Anza College in 2004. Diem has now graduated from San Jose State University.
He manages the family contracting business and finds time to help Elisabeth's Mom ..." title="Diem and newspaper at De Anza College in 2004. Diem has now graduated from San Jose State University.
He manages the family contracting business and finds time to help Elisabeth's Mom ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T20:33:26Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Diem-and-news/122254341_gvLTz-Th.jpg2002-01-01 00:00:00Japanese Diem is from a Japanese artbook that was found in the home of Lori Deal's grandmother. She has now donated the book to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkele ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Japanese Diem is from a Japanese artbook that was found in the home of Lori Deal's grandmother. She has now donated the book to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkele ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#122254336_bcYc6" title="Japanese Diem is from a Japanese artbook that was found in the home of Lori Deal's grandmother. She has now donated the book to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkele ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Japanese-Diem/122254336_bcYc6-Th.jpg" width="108" height="150" alt="Japanese Diem is from a Japanese artbook that was found in the home of Lori Deal's grandmother. She has now donated the book to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkele ..." title="Japanese Diem is from a Japanese artbook that was found in the home of Lori Deal's grandmother. She has now donated the book to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkele ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T20:34:57Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Japanese-Diem/122254336_bcYc6-Th.jpgLori Deal as Sarah Brown in video portrayal of "Lucy Higgins and Sarah Brown." This view shows Sarah teaching English and learning Japanese from farmworkers in the Santa Clara Valley.<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Lori Deal as Sarah Brown in video portrayal of "Lucy Higgins and Sarah Brown." This view shows Sarah teaching English and learning Japanese from farmworkers in the Santa Clara Valley.</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#122250777_i5WGe" title="Lori Deal as Sarah Brown in video portrayal of "Lucy Higgins and Sarah Brown." This view shows Sarah teaching English and learning Japanese from farmworkers in the Santa Clara Valley."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Winery-019/122250777_i5WGe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Lori Deal as Sarah Brown in video portrayal of "Lucy Higgins and Sarah Brown." This view shows Sarah teaching English and learning Japanese from farmworkers in the Santa Clara Valley." title="Lori Deal as Sarah Brown in video portrayal of "Lucy Higgins and Sarah Brown." This view shows Sarah teaching English and learning Japanese from farmworkers in the Santa Clara Valley." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T20:33:31Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Winery-019/122250777_i5WGe-Th.jpgJean directing Elisabeth (narrator) and Diem (videographer) in documentary of Sarah Brown (the daughter of John Brown the abolitionist) and Lucy Higgins (a Santa Clara resident) at the Coope ...<p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com">elisabethsmom</a><br />Jean directing Elisabeth (narrator) and Diem (videographer) in documentary of Sarah Brown (the daughter of John Brown the abolitionist) and Lucy Higgins (a Santa Clara resident) at the Coope ...</p><p><a href="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/2336555_iBMM2#122250770_ziXaB" title="Jean directing Elisabeth (narrator) and Diem (videographer) in documentary of Sarah Brown (the daughter of John Brown the abolitionist) and Lucy Higgins (a Santa Clara resident) at the Coope ..."><img src="http://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Jean-Libby-2004-003/122250770_ziXaB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Jean directing Elisabeth (narrator) and Diem (videographer) in documentary of Sarah Brown (the daughter of John Brown the abolitionist) and Lucy Higgins (a Santa Clara resident) at the Coope ..." title="Jean directing Elisabeth (narrator) and Diem (videographer) in documentary of Sarah Brown (the daughter of John Brown the abolitionist) and Lucy Higgins (a Santa Clara resident) at the Coope ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-02-14T20:35:26Zelisabethsmomhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.comhttp://elisabethsmom.smugmug.com/Portraits/Jean-Libbys-portraits/Jean-Libby-2004-003/122250770_ziXaB-Th.jpg2002-01-01 00:00:00