Since I am working this week on my Mother’s 90th birthday book, thought I would add a link to my Father’s 90th birthday book which I made 3 1/2 years ago for him. This is a blurb.com book and can be found on their website at http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1083784-photographs-of-duane-neuhauser. The photograph on the front cover is one of my all time favorite photographs of my Dad, even at two, he was wearing a hat. The book contains over 160 photographs of him from the earliest baby photographs to the age of 90. It is a wonderful gift to have both parents live to this ripe old age and to sit with them as they look through the old photographs. I think this is one of the reasons that I have been in love with photography since an early age: a rich family history of images makes all the difference.
I remember his birthday party as if it were yesterday. At one point I was dancing with him, the disco light was spinning (he wanted a disco light and I am so glad we had it) and I thought it was the perfect moment. I was worried because the book had just come out and I was projecting all of the images from the book at the party. I was worried because the book contained some images of him dressed in women’s clothing which he liked to do. I gave him the book and said I hope you don’t mind me projecting all the images that are contained in it. He said the most wonderful to me. He said, “I am not ashamed of anything I have done so far in my life. Feel free to project away and if people are offended they should not be here.” Click on the link above to see the enire book. it is so worth looking at. 
