ShelterHaving worked as a carpenter & photographer, & as an editor for both the early Whole Earth Catalog & Domebook 2 in the 1960s, Kahn set out in the '70s with a camera & notebook to document building traditions throughout the world as well as countercultural life in the U.S. Shelter recounts his memorable experiences |
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