I write now and then about photography, whether it's related to music like by Mick Rock and his book 'Exposed' or looking deep in the heart of Fruits and Vegetables as Nicholas Tolstoi showed in Paris.
A photography book published a year ago might not be thought of as newsworthy, I just received a copy of The Regulars (Artisan) and it packs a punch.
After going through it a couple times, I felt it could have been titled 'I drink alone'. It puts in front of us portraits of solitude.
A good portion of those portrayed smoke while having a slow or a fast drink and being snapped for posterity by Sarah Stolfa who describes herself then as a surly batender while at McGlinchey's in Philadelphia.
I once worked with a surly bartender and one who trained with him who earned the 'surly junior' title.