Ward 81

Mary Ellen Mark

BOO 3884 U
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CONDITION & NOTES
Used / Exterior is in Good condition with general shelf wear and some light wear at the corners. The bottom half of the interior book block is a bit wavy, but there are no signs whatsoever of moisture damage. Please take a look photograph 10/11 where we try to show the issue. If it wasn't for this issue the interior would be graded Very Good.

TYPE PUBLICATION YEAR
Hardcover

2008

EDITION LANGUAGE
First

English

PUBLISHER DIMENSIONS
Damiani
31 x 23 x 1.5 cm
CONDITION
Used / Exterior is in Good condition with general shelf wear and some light wear at the corners. The bottom half of the interior book block is a bit wavy, but there are no signs whatsoever of moisture damage. Please take a look photograph 10/11 where we try to show the issue. If it wasn't for this issue the interior would be graded Very Good.

TYPE
Hardcover

PUBLICATION YEAR
2008

EDITION
First

LANGUAGE
English

PUBLISHER
Damiani

DIMENSIONS
31 x 23 x 1.5 cm

ABOUT

Mary Ellen Mark first went to Oregon State Hospital (OSH), Salem, OR in 1974 to photograph the cast and set of Milos Forman‘s 1975 adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

 

During the filming, Mark met the women of Ward 81. She promised to return and after over a year of negotiations with the hospital authorities and families of residents she was allowed to live on Ward 81 with writer Karen Folger for 36 days.

 

Mark’s book was a breakthrough. Granted, photographs of Oregon State Hospital existed previously, but Mark’s work was a pioneer intimate portrait of an American group outside of the dream, outside of the reality.