A Procession of Them
RICHARDS, Eugene (Dorchester, 1944)
Language: English
Published by Austin, University of Texas Press,, 2008
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Testo e fotografie in bianco e nero a piena pagina di Richards Eugene. In allegato DVD "Procession of Them" con un breve film scritto, diretto e commentato da Richards . 8vo (cm 22,5x17,5). pp. 152. . Ottimo (Fine). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . First on assignment and then as a volunteer for the human rights group Mental Disability Rights International, Eugene Richards has documented the cruelty and mistreatment that the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled suffer in psychiatric facilities. Documenting public psychiatric institutions in Argentina, Armenia, Hungary, Kosovo, Mexico, and Paraguay, Richards addresses how residents of these institutions are deprived of proper medical care, counseling, and education, and therefore stand little chance of living productively within these facilities. Accompanying the book, A Procession of Them, is a DVD of a short film of the same name. Directed and narrated by Richards, this unique and expressionistic film speaks of the chaos, claustrophobia and loneliness of these hellish places.Prima su incarico e poi come volontario per il Mental Disability Rights International Group, Eugene Richards ha documentato la crudeltà e i maltrattamenti che i malati di mente e i disabili subiscono nelle strutture psichiatriche. Documentando le istituzioni psichiatriche pubbliche in Argentina, Armenia, Ungheria, Kosovo, Messico e Paraguay, Richards affronta il modo in cui i residenti di queste istituzioni sono privati di un'adeguata assistenza medica, di consulenza e di istruzione, con nessuna possibilità di vivere in modo produttivo all'interno di queste strutture. Ad accompagnare il libro, A Procession of Them, è un cortometraggio dallo stesso nome. Diretto e narrato da Richards, questo film unico ed espressionista parla del caos, della claustrofobia e della solitudine di questi luoghi infernali. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). …
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- Title
- A Procession of Them
- Author
- RICHARDS, Eugene (Dorchester, 1944)
- Publisher
- Austin, University of Texas Press,
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Ottimo (Fine)
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0292719108
- ISBN 13
- 9780292719101
In some countries, they call them the "abandonados," the abandoned ones. They're the impoverished mentally ill and mentally disabled patients being warehoused in psychiatric asylums that are more run-down, more uncaring than the most brutal American prisons. Confined in cage-like cells, tied to beds soiled with human waste, medicated to the point of senselessness, or wandering naked in unheated and garage-like wards, they live in what can only be called the shadows, their plight unseen and too easily ignored by the rest of the human family.
Working first as a journalist, later as a volunteer for the human rights organization Mental Disability Rights International, photographer Eugene Richards gained access to psychiatric institutions in Mexico, Argentina, Armenia, Hungary, Paraguay, and Kosovo. His wrenchingly intimate images reveal the often inhumane treatment suffered by the mentally disabled. Offered little that would qualify as effective care, patients are denied even the most basic human amenities: privacy, protection from harm, clean clothing. Accompanying the book, A Procession of Them, is a DVD of a short film of the same name. Directed and narrated by Richards, this unique and expressionistic film speaks of the chaos, claustrophobia, and loneliness of these living hells.
Making us face some hard truths, A Procession of Them drives home the point that when it comes to the plight of the mentally disabled, "no one much cares." As Richards concludes, it's "as if there is a kind of worldwide agreement that once people are classified as mentally ill or mentally retarded, you're free to do to them what you want."
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About the Author
One of the world's foremost documentary photographers, Eugene Richards has received many of photography's prestigious honors, including the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants, the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, the Olivier Rebbot Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Journalism Award for the coverage of the disadvantaged. He has published thirteen books, including Dorchester Days; Exploding into Life; Americans We; Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue; and The Fat Baby. Richards's photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, National Geographic, Time, the New Yorker, People, and Life.
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