Bright Lights & Dark Rooms is the crazy true story of a boy from Brooklyn who dreams of becoming a fashion photographer in the 1960s and 70s, at the height of the sexual revolution. It's a journey that takes him from a radical left college to National Geographic, and eventually to Vogue magazine. Lerner's stories are fascinating and surprising, often hilarious, and sometimes quite moving. He tells them with a keen understanding of human nature. A must-read for anyone interested in National Geographic or the world of fashion.