Marcia Minter

When you receive your L.L. Bean summer catalog in the mail this week, Randal Ford hopes you will pay close attention to the cover. Ford, a Texas-based photographer, re-created the classic cover illustration from spring 1956 during a long and difficult photo shoot at Acadia National Park last fall. It shows a father returning to camp with a tired girl on his shoulder and a couple of bass dangling from a line. He proudly displays his catch with an outstretched arm and a goofy smile, hoping to fend off a volley from his wife, who appears none too happy

01:05 PM Eastern Time Vintage 1933 Painted Cover Reinterpreted by Photographer Randal Ford for Spring 2012 Catalog FREEPORT, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the latest L.L.Bean catalog arrives in customers’ mailboxes, they’ll be seeing a modern twist on a classic cover from the past. L.L.Bean’s first catalog of its 100th Anniversary year will feature a re-creation of a 1933 cover image, one of L.L.Bean’s customer favorites, by acclaimed photographer Randal Ford. The modern interpretation of the vintage cover is one of four that will appear on L.L.Bean catalogs in 2012. "Each of these covers tells a story and has a wittiness about