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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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7/14/09 -The Book Bench
Counter Culture: A Photo Essay
The Real Flo’s and Alice’s of the World
9/19/09 - The Best In
“One of the most delightful books to cross our desks this summer...”
Counter Culture: Stories of Waitressing
9/01/09 - Final Word, Craig Wilson
“Great waitresses are always counter-intuitive.”
“A highly appealing, eye-opening book, one that inspires us to look more closely at the waitressing profession.”
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
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.”
7/15/09 - Social Sciences
“...a well deserved tribute. Recommended for all those who love human interest stories and interesting characters.”
Ladies in Waiting