ok....haha...i thought this was the funniest thing...

taken from National Geographic's FAQs...

When will you again publish the works of Robert Kincaid—the photographer in The Bridges of Madison County?

Alas, the sexy, middle-aged photographer, portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the film that followed the book, is pure fiction. There is not, and never was, a Robert Kincaid here, although some of our photographers have shamelessly encouraged the comparison.

i must confess, after skimming through the book (i didn't read it properly b/c of time), i seriously thought that robert kincaid was a real photographer too. in fact, i even thought maybe, just maybe, he was related to thomas kincaid, the artist. so when i "googled" robert kincaid, i found the FAQs website on National Geographic. i can't believe that it's even on there!!! such craziness! how funny~~~ too too too funny~~ =p