COUNTER CULTURE profiles waitresses aged 50 and older who have been working in neighborhood diners throughout the United States.  Photographer, writer and former waitress, Candacy Taylor uses interview quotes, cultural criticism, documentary photography and oral histories to document an overlooked group of working women who have brought meaning and culture to the American roadside dining experience.

“Thank you for making the invisible, visible.    - Gloria Steinem

“A wonderful read.” - The Wall St. Journal

BOOK REVIEWS (Partial List)

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THE NEW YORKER

7/14/09 -The Book Bench

Counter Culture: A Photo Essay


THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

The Real Flo’s and Alice’s of the World


THE WALL ST. JOURNAL

9/19/09 - The Best In

“One of the most delightful books to cross our desks this summer...”



THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Counter Culture: Stories of Waitressing



USA TODAY

9/01/09 - Final Word, Craig Wilson

“Great waitresses are always counter-intuitive.”



GASTRONOMICA

“A highly appealing, eye-opening book, one that inspires us to look more closely at the waitressing profession.”


PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

9/07/09 - Top Twenty Indie List

“...this unique perspective is much like the professional diner waitress — difficult to pigeonhole, impossible to ignore.”












 

OPTIONED BY ABC FOR A TV SERIES


POP MATTERS

10/09 - Emily Popek

Taylor’s lavishly illustrated paean to these longtime waitresses, or ‘lifers,’ gives these unsung heroines of Americana the respect they so richly deserve.”



THE LIBRARY JOURNAL

7/15/09 - Social Sciences

“...a well deserved tribute. Recommended for all those who love human interest stories and interesting characters.”



THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Ladies in Waiting