MCNBC.com { 2005 }
"Love Letters Lost" was published in time for Valentine's Day, but this colorful book can be appreciated year-round, by those in love and those who wish they were.

Hines hunted eBay, flea markets and other sources to round up love letters of all stripes. Some predate the Civil War, others are from the 1950s; some are beautifully calligraphied, others hastily scribbled. For the letters that are faded or otherwise hard to read, Hines reproduces a part of the actual letter, but also reprints the text so it can be read. Mixed in are vintage photos of happy couples from years past...

Some of the letters are funny, some are bold declarations of love. Some will break your heart, especially the letters written from soldiers in the Civil War, World War II and Korea. Some apologize for a long-ago slight. But what shines forth from the majority of them is a quiet, bouncing happiness. Said one J.L. Slagle to Miss Ada in 1890 "Had I the eloquence of Cicero or the pen of Burns, it would be impossible for me to tell you half the love I have for you."

THE BOSTON GLOBE { June 28, 2003 }
"Hines [has] collected thousands of photobooth pictures from flea markets and friends. A selection of her trove, spanning more than 75 years, is on the walls of the Winchester museum, and a somewhat different mix of more than 700 frames is in her book PHOTOBOOTH published by Princeton Architectural Press."    

INSIGHT (UK) { March 1, 2003 }
"A beautifully designed celebration of almost 80 years of coin-op take-your-own machines. 700 monochrome, tinted and full-colour passport portraits are reproduced for you to examine at your leisure and maybe invent characters for, all lovingly exhumed by vernacular photo collector Hines. All human life's within: teens goofing off, first-timer tiny tots' uncertainty, the warmth of best friendships, and the hope of new relationships. Thoughtfully provided in this handsome album, the areas of white space suggest you might wish to customize it by adding your own finds. A mouth-watering thrill for all cinema-goers who fell under Amelie's spell."

COMMERCIAL APPEAL { December 8, 2002 }
". . .no text is necessary, because the faces, the poses, the clothes, the attitudes and above all, the sense of self are captivating. . . . It's eerie, lonely, lovely and sad, like America."

JOY AND SERENITY AT 400 ASA, NEWSDAYJ { December 1, 2002 }
"Remember when you and your best friend snuck off, quarters in hands, to the Woolworth's photo booth while your mothers lingered at the lunch counter over franks and coffee? You didn't know it, but you were making art."