Ward 81
Mary Ellen Mark
BOO 4227 U
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| CONDITION & NOTES | |
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Used – Good / Exterior has obvious signs of use and shelf wear. Dog ear on the rear cover bottom corner. Covers are a bit discoloured. Interior in Very Good condition aside from some minor edge wear and an inscription on the fly leaf. |
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| TYPE | PUBLICATION YEAR |
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Softcover |
1979 |
| EDITION | LANGUAGE |
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First |
English |
| PUBLISHER | DIMENSIONS |
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Fireside |
28 x 20.5 x 1 cm |
CONDITION
Used – Good / Exterior has obvious signs of use and shelf wear. Dog ear on the rear cover bottom corner. Covers are a bit discoloured. Interior in Very Good condition aside from some minor edge wear and an inscription on the fly leaf.
TYPE
Softcover
PUBLICATION YEAR
1979
EDITION
First
LANGUAGE
English
PUBLISHER
Fireside
DIMENSIONS
28 x 20.5 x 1 cm
Used – Good / Exterior has obvious signs of use and shelf wear. Dog ear on the rear cover bottom corner. Covers are a bit discoloured. Interior in Very Good condition aside from some minor edge wear and an inscription on the fly leaf.
TYPE
Softcover
PUBLICATION YEAR
1979
EDITION
First
LANGUAGE
English
PUBLISHER
Fireside
DIMENSIONS
28 x 20.5 x 1 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.