Mary Ellen Mark and Karen Folger Jacobs: Ward 81: Voices

Name: Mary Ellen Mark and Karen Folger Jacobs: Ward 81: Voices
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783969990131
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Ward 81: Voices is an expanded edition of Mary Ellen Mark's seminal 1979 photographic project, documenting the lives of women in the locked ward at the Oregon State Hospital. Through Mark's intimate photographs and Karen Folger Jacobs' revealing interviews, this book offers a profound glimpse into the fragility and resilience of women living with mental illness, complemented by essays and newly unpublished material that deepen the narrative.
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Format: Hardback

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This work will resonate with readers interested in photographic arts, mental health advocacy, social history, and compassionate storytelling about marginalised communities.

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Ward 81, photographed in 1976, was Mary Ellen Mark's first independent long-term project. Mark and writer Karen Folger Jacobs set out to document the lives of the women in this locked ward at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem—the only one in the state. Every day for five weeks, Mark photographed and Jacobs interviewed the women on Ward 81. At night they slept in an empty adjacent ward.

Ward 81: Voices, an expanded edition of the original 1979 book, includes previously unpublished photographs, excerpts from interviews with patients, and recorded conversations between Mark and Jacobs, as well as new essays examining the influence of their project. Ward 81 has always been considered one of the best examples of Mark's ability to portray subjects living on the edges of society with compassion. The inclusion of the women's voices gives invaluable insight, not only into the lives of the patients but also into Mark and Jacobs' experiences and the challenges they faced during their collaboration.

We identify with the fragility and the strength of these women we came to love, these adopted sisters of ours. They are women we might have been or, women we might one day become. - Karen Folger Jacobs

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Praised for its humanity and uncompromising portrayal, the book chronicles the American mental health crisis with integrity and compassion. Reviews highlight the added depth brought by recorded conversations and patients' own voices, enriching the understanding of the subjects beyond the visual narrative.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783969990131

Publisher: Steidl Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 March 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Steidl Verlag

Illustration: 141 black-and-white photographs, Tritone

Contributors:

Edited by Martin Bell
Edited by Julia Bezgin
Edited by Meredith Lue

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 305.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 2700g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

The images of Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) are icons of documentary and humanistic photography. Mark's more than 20 books include Passport (1974), Falkland Road (1981) and Indian Circus (1993). Her 2015 book Tiny: Streetwise Revisited is a culmination of 32 years documenting Erin Blackwell (Tiny), who featured in Martin Bell's 1985 film Streetwise and Mark's 1988 book of the same name. A dedicated social documentarian and portraitist, she often turned her lens to marginalized communities—circus performers in India, street children in Seattle, the patients of Ward 81, and many others—invariably connecting profoundly with her subjects. Mark's work has been exhibited and published in magazines worldwide. Steidl published The Book of Everything in 2020.

Karen Folger Jacobs, born in Cleveland in 1940, graduated from Antioch College and Boston University before earning a PhD in education at the University of California, Berkeley, where she later served on the faculty. She received four Fulbright awards to teach in colleges in Pakistan and India and has lectured in Europe for UC Berkeley. A licensed therapist, Jacobs was appointed to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in Washington, D.C., and consults to federal agencies on health issues. Jacobs currently lives and works in Berkeley, California.