tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575135275208730652023-11-15T08:00:27.502-08:00Billy ConeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-67099327839755387202017-04-25T14:24:00.001-07:002017-04-25T14:24:10.770-07:00Billy Cone: The Exchange<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-exchange.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: The Exchange</a>: America and France have a love hate Relationship. We love them, they hate us. Not!!! But what is true is that the French love us and most ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-34135780668986617842014-08-30T15:29:00.001-07:002014-08-30T15:29:14.484-07:00The ExchangeAmerica and France have a love hate<div>Relationship. We love them, they hate us. </div><div>Not!!! But what is true is that the French love us and most of what we do and invent. We, love them and everything French. We love their parfums, their</div><div>Facial serums, their cheeses, their foie gras, their body lotions, their B&B's in the most unexpected places and the list goes on and on. Oh, and did I say Champagne, liqueurs, digestives,</div><div>And the A380 Airbus? And croissants?</div><div><br></div><div>Well they get something in return--McDonald's, rushing about or chasing their tails, tennis shoes, golf, Coke,</div><div>Pasteurization, hormones for food, and preservatives, not to mention the chain restaurant. </div><div><br></div><div>So what is the exchange? Our cultures and coming together. We are learning to cook with savory flavors. They are cooking faster to please all the tourists from around the world that flock to France for "the food." We, on the other hand are eating mushy croissants. We still don't have brioche but macaroons</div><div>Are the cat's meow in big cities. </div><div><br></div><div>So what? Well they give us the best of what they have created over the past</div><div>1000 years while we are giving them</div><div>Inspirations in how to manipulate food to the point of unhealthiness. Now is this a fair exchange?</div><div><br></div><div>Please respond. I'd love to elaborate. </div><div><br></div><div>Billy Cone</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-26627414819797986502014-04-16T09:02:00.001-07:002014-04-16T09:07:24.341-07:00Billy Cone: Late Bloomer--Art in the Blood<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/04/late-bloomer.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: Late Bloomer</a>: Dear Claribel Shumway Cone, You are my California cousin artiste friend and confident, and I want to thank you for something you did for m...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-14900885433537775282014-04-16T08:59:00.005-07:002014-04-16T08:59:55.771-07:00Late BloomerDear Claribel Shumway Cone,<br />
<br />
You are my California cousin artiste friend and confident, and I want to thank you for something you did for me a long time ago. <br />
<br />
I was 26 years old, working for Jeffery Cohen at Sutton Place Gourmet in Washington, DC, and you were coming to town for a visit. You called me and suggested that I join you and your close friend for a visit to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Apparently some of my relatives had donated art to the museum in 1948.<br />
<br />
Boy, was I in for an eye opener! It turned out that my great aunts Etta and Claribel Cone had bequeathed over 3000 pieces of art, jewelry and fabrics to the BMA. They used to take steamers across the Atlantic to Paris to hang out with Matisse and Picasso, gallery owners, Gertrude and Leo Stein among others. They dropped the bomb on Modern Art in America. I was so impressed, because in my 26 years I never knew about this family history. Apparently I was too into sports and girls and such to pay attention to the arts. But this day Claribel took me to Baltimore changed everything, everything I wasn't even aware of at the time. At the moment I was in a hustle bustle job selling gourmet foods in a fast pace city. Later I would be in a small southern town taking pictures and trying to sell them. I was not yet free to just do my art. Who ever is? Picasso maybe...<br />
<br />
Little did I know, I was to later become a collector of art and an artist as well. A few years prior to this awakening I learned how to develop images in the darkroom at UNC-Chapel Hill. I loved taking pictures and still do. Little by little I allowed myself to be freer with my arts. Because of my encounter with Jean Cocteau, via a gallery devoted to his works on the rue de Seine, I let myself begin learning to draw in my way. I figured he drew as he saw things, not as they were. Why couldn't I do that? I started trying by drawing Buddha's due to the simple lines of the faces. <br />
<br />
My friends asked me when I would start painting these faces. I said "never. No way! I don't paint."<br />
But after a Christmas in Greensboro and a void in Wilmington I had to do something, something to fill in the emptiness of time and boredom. It wasn't Paris! Paris is a place where you can be doing nothing and feel productive. <br />
<br />
Well, I took brushes and pigments to canvases and voila! "Hey, I am an artist."<br />
<br />
Selling is another story. I love stories.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-45180341333827875402014-04-12T05:36:00.001-07:002014-04-12T05:36:56.642-07:00Billy Cone: A Letter to the Collectors<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-letter-to-collectors.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: A Letter to the Collectors</a>: Dear Aunt Etta and Aunt Claribel, I am writing you from Earth. You know that though, cause you are in Heaven. Well, I have some question...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-53465841589381473062014-04-12T05:34:00.001-07:002014-04-12T05:40:25.694-07:00A Letter to the CollectorsDear Aunt Etta and Aunt Claribel,<br />
<br />
I am writing you from Earth. You know that though, cause you are in Heaven.<br />
Well, I have some questions for you about your famous art collection. First of all,<br />
did you know that you were collecting and introducing Modern Art to America?<br />
<br />
And how did you feel when the Chicago Museum told you that you were collecting<br />
trash--Picasso, Matisse, Degas, Cezanne and so forth? What was Picasso like?<br />
Did he really give you some drawings off his floor at Bateau Lavoir in exchange for the<br />
Funnies from the New York Times? What about Matisse? Etta, did he really stay with<br />
you in Baltimore, Maryland late in his life? Was he a colorful man?<br />
<br />
There are so many questions to ask. What was the most enjoyable thing about<br />
traveling to Europe on steamers? You must have met many interesting and famous<br />
people. Was Gertrude really a bitch? And not such a great writer! But you liked<br />
Leo a lot. Didn't he help you choose quite a few pieces of art? I know he sold you<br />
art from his Paris apartment when he needed the cash. Speaking of which, is it<br />
true Etta that when you offered the 3000 piece collection to the Baltimore Museum<br />
of Art they said that they could not take it due to lack of space? And did you offer<br />
to build them a new wing? That is amazing. Glad you had the<br />
money and the vision. Did you know what vision you had? I've read that you<br />
and Claribel had the art for decoration and enjoyment purposes. How cool!<br />
<br />
And your brothers in North Carolina were making denim and flannel which was<br />
quite profitable. Levi was a big customer among so many others. So Moses and<br />
Ceasar would send you stipends of profits? Were you ever worried that money would<br />
stop? <br />
<br />
Who was your favorite artist?<br />
<br />
Love,<br />
<br />
BillyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-13794396568742259652014-03-23T08:12:00.001-07:002014-03-23T08:12:32.501-07:00Billy Cone: TGI MARCH MADNESS<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/03/tgi-march-madness.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: TGI MARCH MADNESS</a>: This is a very special time of year for basketball fans. But what I have noticed is that non-basketball fans get into March Madness. It&#...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-35972632712959726582014-03-23T08:02:00.001-07:002014-03-23T08:08:48.426-07:00TGI MARCH MADNESSThis is a very special time of year for basketball fans. But what I have noticed<br />
is that non-basketball fans get into March Madness. It's like all day from Thursday<br />
through Sunday there are exciting hoops games on TV or should I say HDTV?<br />
This crazy love for basketball goes on for three solid weeks. Once a team is in it the season<br />
matters nothing at all. Everything is expended--nothing left on the floor. And this year<br />
many fans are vying for a billion dollars by predicting the brackets--hardly doable!<br />
Almost no game is predictable at this juncture. <br />
<br />
Americans go crazy and come together over common events like the Olympics,<br />
but the NCAA Tournament happens this time every year. The hype is contagious.<br />
TV commercials are saturating the screens with car and insurance ads, and coaches are the heros<br />
or the goats. The players are sacred. Stars are born. Freshmen starters get their<br />
season high scores or go oh for 10 from the field. Seniors are counted on for something<br />
extra. All the players know that the pro scouts are in the stands watching everything. Futures are at stake. Technicals are prevalent with such emotion and so much at stake. Dynasties<br />
come tumbling down to no name foes. Language like, "A 16 beats a 2 or 3. A 12 beats a 5" is passed around. Anything is possible on the wood floor round ball sport with a metal hoop. Long story short, this quest for the Final Four is packed with energy and excitement that sucks us,(even those who don't normally watch B-Ball), in to March Madness. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-13555015668328913632014-03-16T04:40:00.001-07:002014-03-16T04:40:58.618-07:00Billy Cone: L' HOTEL SAINT-GERMAIN DES PRES<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/03/l-hotel-saint-germain-des-pres.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: L' HOTEL SAINT-GERMAIN DES PRES</a>: Dear Readers, Today I am writing about a small boutique hotel in the heart of Paris where I stayed for the first time eleven years ago. ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-80283505388803196902014-03-16T04:32:00.000-07:002014-03-16T04:35:35.174-07:00L' HOTEL SAINT-GERMAIN DES PRESDear Readers,<br />
<br />
Today I am writing about a small boutique hotel in the heart of Paris where I stayed for<br />
the first time eleven years ago. It is called The Hotel Saint-Germain des Pres. This jewel<br />
of a hotel is located on the left bank near L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts and a block from the<br />
famous literary cafes Les Deux Magots and Le Flore where Jean Paul Sartre and Flaubert,<br />
among many other great writers, used to hash it out. No pun intended.<br />
<br />
Imagine a very small bedroom with closets, cable TV, a writing desk with mirror, a chair and<br />
a well-stocked mini bar. The wall paper is actually a half inch of attractive battened fabric<br />
matching the curtains. The windows open on to the rue Bonaparte and have an electric<br />
shutter to keep out the sound of the street and the light at night. The bathroom is marble.<br />
Comfort is king here.<br />
<br />
In France, breakfast is a very important meal. In hotels it is free of charge to have breakfast<br />
"au lit," in bed. The HSGDP offers a complimentary "petit dejeuner" of small baguettes,<br />
pain au raisins, croissants and sometimes brioche. There is a plate of cheeses, a pot of<br />
rich coffee, a pot of steamed milk, jams, butter and everything else that makes breakfast<br />
delightful. Once I spilled the whole tray on to the bed. I called Dominique downstairs and<br />
Jean quickly arrived with a cleaning lady to change the sheets and blanket and restore my<br />
"dejeuner en paix," my peaceful breakfast in bed.<br />
<br />
If you desire to eat breakfast in the lounge downstairs that is quite acceptable. As attractive<br />
as your room, the lounge is inviting, well appointed with friendly staff. Overall, it is<br />
very pleasant. During the day you can enjoy the lounge at your leisure with a coffee or<br />
computer.<br />
<br />
Needless to say, I have sent many of my friends and their friends to stay at HSGDP,<br />
all with great things to say afterwards. Maybe that is why I get such a swell deal when<br />
I stay there. If you book for many nights they may give you a deal. I suggest calling or<br />
emailing way ahead of time too. The HSGDP books up early. And by the way, Saint-<br />
Germain des Pres used to be a field. Imagine! Now it is the most sought after real estate in<br />
La Capitale. Enjoy!<br />
<br />
All the best,<br />
<br />
Billy<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-73952712083658703642014-03-13T06:37:00.001-07:002014-03-13T06:37:31.355-07:00Billy Cone: Wonderland Entertainment Group and Billy Cone Team...<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/03/wonderland-entertainment-group-and.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: Wonderland Entertainment Group and Billy Cone Team...</a>: Emmanuel Itier, CEO of Wonderland Entertainment Group, has invited Billy Cone and his FEMME book to team up with the feature film maker from...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-81957029775655751582014-03-13T06:30:00.001-07:002014-03-13T06:35:04.867-07:00Wonderland Entertainment Group and Billy Cone Team UpEmmanuel Itier, CEO of Wonderland Entertainment Group, has invited Billy Cone and his FEMME book to team up with the feature film maker from LA to promote World Peace through the use of inspiring feature films and books among other art forms. Itier's organization produces films which encourage us to take a look at our lives and make "that" change to begin creating more peace in our own lives and thus in the world. Cone's fourth coffee table book, FEMME, was just released this January. FEMME is a thoughtful look at our humanity through close up portraits of women from around the world accompanied by often humorous and poignant quotes by some of the greats of all time like Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde, and Emily Dickenson among others. For Cone, emotion is what great art is all about, and emotion stimulates positive change in the world. FEMME is all about self-acceptance through a very entertaining format. FEMME is a heart and mind opening experience, definitely a positive in a world often marred by media full of darkness and hopelessness. Emmanuel discovered Cone's book online which led to the joint effort to achieve more self-acceptance in the world leading to a more peaceful planet.<br />
Contact Emmanuel at www.WonderlandEntGroup.com and Billy at www.BillyCone.com.<br />
Email: billyconephoto@aol.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-5852859667121072592014-03-13T06:09:00.001-07:002014-03-13T06:09:49.487-07:00Billy Cone: Travel Like A Local<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/03/travel-like-local.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: Travel Like A Local</a>: When going abroad do you want to stick out like a sore thumb? Or do you want to get the inside story of a place and blend in? Do you want ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-87914390061898092212014-03-10T06:40:00.000-07:002014-03-13T06:35:54.317-07:00Travel Like A LocalWhen going abroad do you want to stick out like a sore thumb?<br />
Or do you want to get the inside story of a place and blend in?<br />
Do you want to be treated like a local and experience what it feels like to be<br />
from that part of the world? <br />
<br />
My suggestion is to find out who knows someone in that foreign<br />
country and seek them out. Locals always know the best places to go and do and<br />
see in their neck of the woods. You could even go on Facebook to<br />
find a local. Be their friend. See if there is a chemistry for a real<br />
"amitie." I did it. And I am still welcome by all those friends in<br />
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. In fact, that was my greatest trip I ever<br />
took on my own. That is saying a lot coming from a lifelong world traveler.<br />
Locals I met via FB, friends and friends of friends may just take you<br />
under their wing and show you the time of your life. Just remember to<br />
reciprocate, a drink, a meal here or there if it makes sense. <br />
<br />
Locals know the ropes. They generally take you to the most exciting<br />
interesting places with the best food and deals and even little known<br />
historical areas. Plus they could become a friend for life. <br />
So do you want to be a tourist or a "local?"<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-41708259859458033822014-02-23T11:53:00.001-08:002014-02-26T04:54:21.140-08:00Billy Cone: 40th Trip To Paris<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/02/40th-trip-to-paris.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: 40th Trip To Paris</a>: Dear Readers, I am about to embark on another epic "voyage" to the land pregnant with savory and tasty. Yes, this will be my 40...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-70421461730039477832014-02-23T11:47:00.003-08:002014-02-26T04:51:40.861-08:0040th Trip To ParisDear Readers,<br />
<br />
I am about to embark on another epic "voyage" to the land pregnant with savory and tasty.<br />
Yes, this will be my 40th time to touch down on the runways of Charles De Gaulle, and<br />
I am armed with my camera, some clothes and a journal. So many have said, "Billy, why<br />
don't you take groups to France?" And the more I think about it the more I talk myself out<br />
of it. Paris is about being and feeling free. I need that for my art. To be encumbered with<br />
folks needing constant attention for this and that would definitely not be my idea of a trip<br />
to Paris. It would be like hell, a ball and chain. I need to be able to whip my camera up to<br />
my face and release the shutter at a moments notice. Viewing shop windows in Paris is a<br />
sport. Seeing is everything almost, because tasting can be sublime. So I think I will go it<br />
"alone" this time as all the other times. It will be glorious. It will be spontaneous. It won't<br />
be free, however. I may feel free but there will be a bill to pay believe me. Along with<br />
being the #1 tourist destination on the planet, Paris is one of the most expensive. So be<br />
prepared with lot's of plastic and not American Express cause the French don't like thoes<br />
high percentages that Amex charges. Visa or Mastercard s' il vous plait!!!<br />
<br />
Best,<br />
<br />
Billy ConeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-39115456822340680792014-02-06T09:56:00.001-08:002014-02-23T11:32:02.560-08:00Billy Cone: BLUE SURF CAFE, Wilmington, North Carolina<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/02/blue-surf-cafe-wilmington-north-carolina.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: BLUE SURF CAFE, Wilmington, North Carolina</a>: Greetings from the South! Here is a restaurant idea for everyone who loves down right good food. The BLUE SURF CAFE just turned me on th...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-21103617506888352192014-02-06T09:53:00.000-08:002014-02-06T09:53:18.503-08:00BLUE SURF CAFE, Wilmington, North CarolinaGreetings from the South!<br />
<br />
Here is a restaurant idea for everyone who loves down right good food.<br />
<br />
The BLUE SURF CAFE just turned me on through my senses. For lunch<br />
I had a Braised Beef Brisket with Chimichurri, sauteed red onion, Siracha<br />
Mayo and a delectable cheese melted inside whole wheat toast. The meat<br />
was tender and fell apart nicely with each bite. It came with just made<br />
potato salad that doesn't just go back to the kitchen to be thrown away.<br />
This is the freshest and tastiest potato salad I ever had. And I'm from the South.<br />
This copious lunch began with a starter of sliced cucumbers marinated in lemon<br />
and siracha with just the right amount of spicy heat. What a meal!<br />
<br />
And there's so many other good sandwiches, salads, even burgers. BLUE<br />
serves breakfast and dinner. I can't wait! And get this, for the chocoholics<br />
like me, BLUE creates about seven varieties of Hot Chocolate, including<br />
Nutella, Guinness, Caramel, and Mexican. I love this happenstance<br />
inspiration to try something new. It paid off today!!!<br />
<br />
Tell 'em Billy sent you...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-7587007426845402862014-02-05T07:57:00.001-08:002014-02-20T09:58:21.904-08:00Billy Cone: Photographs<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/02/photographs.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: Photographs</a>: Ansel Adams once said, "A photograph is usually looked at--seldom into." Isn't that the truth? How often we just glance and ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-67939396778367305662014-02-05T07:52:00.000-08:002014-02-05T07:52:46.606-08:00PhotographsAnsel Adams once said, "A photograph is usually looked at--seldom into." Isn't that the truth?<br />
How often we just glance and go on. We censer our inner seeker for more by skipping on to<br />
the next thing or frame. Even films put so much into a single frame moment, but who actually<br />
is looking "into" that image to catch the art of it?<br />
<br />
When I look at my own work I often see new nuances and sub-subjects that I missed before.<br />
These give a photograph more meaning or less depending on what it is that reveals itself on<br />
the paper. Try looking at a photograph for longer than a movie frame. Allow yourself to<br />
be curious. Why did the photographer take that particular rectangle or square and make it<br />
the "subject" for all to see? Wonder. Sit with it. And if you don't get it that is okay. It's not<br />
always about "getting it." But looking into an image is much more rewarding than looking<br />
at it.<br />
<br />
Take the Effiel Tower for example, arguably the most photographed subject on the planet besides<br />
Marylin Monroe. Next time you see it be curious. What is around it? What angle was it taken from?<br />
What kind of person may have taken the photo? How does the weather affect the photo? Is it digital? Is it film? Is it worth a closer look? Become a seer of images and not just a glancer. What is it that you never saw when looking at the most photographed object in the world? And this is only one example. There are infinite more.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-51483623400275819382014-02-01T08:58:00.001-08:002014-02-20T10:02:20.496-08:00Billy Cone: Happy Balance<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/02/happy-balance.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: Happy Balance</a>: So I am an artist/photographer, and I love to paint. I have had little training. Some may think this is my disadvantage and why my work d...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-45142002379192229402014-02-01T08:57:00.000-08:002014-02-01T08:57:04.117-08:00Happy BalanceSo I am an artist/photographer, and I love to paint. I have had little training. Some may think<br />
this is my disadvantage and why my work doesn't look like everyone else's. My friend Beth<br />
came over to paint for the first time today. We realized that there needs to be a happy balance<br />
between being trained in art and discovering your uniqueness in art making. Beth was on her<br />
own today with all the materials to create a painting with no training at all, just a love for art and<br />
sculpting clay. Well, Beth learned to sculpte her own painting. She took to the palette knives<br />
with excellent results. She caked on different acrylic colors and then subtracted them with her<br />
knives. If she had been taught to paint today by a teacher she would never have learned to sculpte<br />
a painting. In fact, name a teacher that knows how to do this technique. I can't. <br />
<br />
I too have learned to paint in my own way. I cherish to nuggets of discovery when I just let it all<br />
hang out and try something "not printed in the bulletin." When you are free to create amazing<br />
things can happen. I am open to this teacher. I can see a painting and get good ideas from it.<br />
Then I can do it my own way, or I can take the sum of all I have experienced and put it on the<br />
page or canvas. Beth was open to the nuggets she got today. I look forward to seeing more of<br />
her "sculpted paintings" in the future. <br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
Billy ConeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-88065948028032079142014-01-22T13:56:00.001-08:002014-02-20T11:15:51.050-08:00Billy Cone: Billy Cone: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 2014Conta...<a href="http://billycone.blogspot.com/2014/01/billy-cone-for-immediate-releasejanuary.html?spref=bl">Billy Cone: Billy Cone: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 2014Conta...</a>: Billy Cone: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2014 Contact: Billy ... : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2014 Contact: Billy Cone BillyCon...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548170780139723127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457513527520873065.post-23420286743873142522014-01-22T13:52:00.000-08:002014-02-20T11:17:10.441-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<b><u><span style="color: #3e003e; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Billy Cone
Pairs Poignant Quotes With Pure Emotion In FEMME</span></u></b><u><span style="color: #3e003e; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Award winning photographer and artist, Billy Cone
announces the February 14th release of the fine art photography book, <i>FEMME</i>
(<i>ISBN 978-0-9704190-7-1</i>).</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rave reviews include: "A
trusting glimpse into sheltered places."</span><span style="color: #f30017; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"Innocence laid bare - emotionally." "The
essence of what it means to be feminine." "The photography is tight.
The quotes - provocative." "Poignant," "A
reverie." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This 7x7 cloth bound treasure will
fit perfectly on the end table beside the fauteuil in the paneled library. With
little gems from Pope, Wilde, Matisse, <u>FEMME is a revealing look at humanity
from the timeless perspective of black & white film.</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Reflections like, "A man's face is his
autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction." by Oscar Wilde and
"I married beneath me. All women do." by Lady Nancy Astor are matched
with the honesty of an unbiased lens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">FEMME</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is a perfect gift or
self-indulgence to be cherished for years to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Billy Cone, a professional photographer for three
decades is the Grand Nephew of the famous Cone Sisters of Baltimore. To see
more of Cone's work go to: </span><a href="http://www.billycone.com/index2.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://www.billycone.com/index2.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Suggested retail price - $35 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Available at most bookstores, museum gift shops, </span><a href="http://amazon.com/"><span style="color: #243cc0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">amazon.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, and </span><a href="http://www.billycone.com/"><span style="color: #243cc0; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">www.billycone.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Please email </span><a href="mailto:louiscone@aol.com"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">billyconephoto@aol.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> to receive an ARC.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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