The writing is beautiful the ideas persuasive and the picture it paints ofthe process of careful observation is one that every writer should read...Arich and wo... » 

The writing is beautiful the ideas persuasive and the picture it paints ofthe process of careful observation is one that every writer should read...Arich and wonderful book. American Journal of Education A landmarkcontribution to the field of research methodology this remarkable bookilluminates the origins purposes and features of portraitureplacing itwithin the larger discourse on social science inquiry and mapping it onto thebroader terrain of qualitative research. «