A inscription from a little photo-book ...

HELP , Detectives Needed !

I bought this little secondhand book online years ago, the inscription was not mentioned in the "Good Condition" book description , initially I was a little disappointed until I got to thinking about who might of actually signed this book & who the “Birthday Boy” might of been ...

I shared this pic on Twitter and it got me thinking , especially as Barry of @pixelsonapage seemed to think that the Joel “autograph / Signature” could be “that” Joel so I checked out the Saul “autograph / Signature” samples on line too and my optimism grew , I then looked for a famous Andy who was New York based and got quite a surprise , could be , could be …

Surely not ?

If anyone can fill in the gaps of who the original recipient of this little book was , who signed it or who Lynda is , I’d love to know more , leave me a reply …

I have created my own narrative of who is who here , I would love it to be true and for Chris to be “That” Chris …

Whoever Chris turns out to be you have to be impressed by his list of mates , if they turn out to be who I think they are …

The book is the Phaidon, Joel Meyerowitz , photography book from the 55 series its not valuable in itself but it could become very precious to me , please help if you can …