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A luminous story of loss and resilience, Lightkeeper captures acclaimed photographer Stacy Bass's personal journey through grief--and the art of keeping her parents' legacy alive through memory and photography. In 1995, when a tragic seaplane accident on Block Island claimed her father's life, Bass's world shattered. She began to write as a way to process her excruciating grief, while gathering the pieces of his life through collected photographs. Some twenty-five years later, her mother was diagnosed with, and ultimately died from, pancreatic cancer after a one-year battle against that harrowing disease. During her mother's illness, Bass created a living tribute of images and words that built a community of support around her mother when she needed it most. By collecting and sharing photographs of her parents, Michael and Jessica Waldman, Bass recognized how photographs serve not merely as records but as powerful portals into memory--gateways to the stories that exist just outside the frame. Filled with stunning prose, this evocative memoir reveals how Bass became the ""lightkeeper"" of her family's legacy, preserving their stories for future generations. For anyone who has loved deeply and lost tragically, Lightkeeper offers both solace and inspiration--reminding us that the light of those who have been lost always endures.

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Stacy Waldman Bass is an author, artist, and photographer. From her first solo exhibition in 1988, Stacy's fine art work has become part of numerous private, corporate, and hotel collections and her images and unique perspective continues to tap into the emotion and sensibility of a wide spectrum of viewers. Select pieces of her fine art work are currently represented by Swoon Gallery in Westport, Connecticut. Always with an interest in all things visual, her career ambitions have taken her through numerous magazine positions, including a senior position at fine art photography start-up: On Seeing. Stacy is also a graduate of NYU School of Law where she concentrated on copyright, art, and entertainment law and later used her expertise to become vice president of a publicly traded motion picture and television company, Savoy Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Stacy has been capturing the essence of place through an intuitive use of light, color, and composition for almost two decades. Her signature images of architecture, interiors, and gardens have resulted in three solo exhibitions and numerous awards. Her photography has been featured extensively in books and magazines, including athome (where she was lead photographer for more than ten years), Garden Design, Luxe Interiors + Design, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Veranda, AD, Horticulture, Living Etc., British Homes & Gardens, the Wall Street Journal, and many more. She is the author of two bestselling and critically acclaimed monographs celebrating the American landscape: In the Garden and Gardens at First Light. Lightkeeper is her first memoir. Stacy Waldman Bass is an author, artist, and photographer. From her first solo exhibition in 1988, Stacy's fine art work has become part of numerous private, corporate, and hotel collections and her images and unique perspective continues to tap into the emotion and sensibility of a wide spectrum of viewers. Select pieces of her fine art work are currently represented by Swoon Gallery in Westport, Connecticut. Always with an interest in all things visual, her career ambitions have taken her through numerous magazine positions, including a senior position at fine art photography start-up: On Seeing. Stacy is also a graduate of NYU School of Law where she concentrated on copyright, art, and entertainment law and later used her expertise to become vice president of a publicly traded motion picture and television company, Savoy Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Stacy has been capturing the essence of place through an intuitive use of light, color, and composition for almost two decades. Her signature images of architecture, interiors, and gardens have resulted in three solo exhibitions and numerous awards. Her photography has been featured extensively in books and magazines, including athome (where she was lead photographer for more than ten years), Garden Design, Luxe Interiors + Design, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Veranda, AD, Horticulture, Living Etc., British Homes & Gardens, the Wall Street Journal, and many more. She is the author of two bestselling and critically acclaimed monographs celebrating the American landscape: In the Garden and Gardens at First Light. Lightkeeper is her first memoir.

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