Schlagwort: USA

  • Jim Reed : A Perfect Day for Bananafish

    Jim Reed : A Perfect Day for Bananafish

    Künstlerbuch zu einer Kurzgeschichte von J.D. Salinger Zitat aus Wikipedia:„ … thematisiert als erste der Geschichten Salingers über die Glass-Familiedie Hintergründe und Motive für den Selbstmord des KriegsveteranenSeymour Glass im März 1948 während eines Genesungsurlaubs mit seinerEhefrau Muriel in Florida nach der Rückkehr aus dem Zweiten Weltkriegund der Entlassung aus einem Nervensanatorium.“ Verlagsinfo: o.O. 2014,…

  • Laia Abril : The Epilogue

    Laia Abril : The Epilogue

    Verlagstext: This is the story of the Robinson family – and the aftermath of losing their26 year-old daughter to bulimia. Cammy Robinson’s life story is reconstructed through flashbacksmemories, testimonies, objects, letters, places and images. The Epiloguegives voice to the suffering of the family, the indirect victims of ‘eatingdisorders’, the unwilling eyewitnesses of a very painful…

  • Baptiste Lignel : Pop Pills. The Usage of Behaviour Medication by Kids in the USA

    Baptiste Lignel : Pop Pills. The Usage of Behaviour Medication by Kids in the USA

    Verlagstext: Over a six-year period Bapitiste Lignel followed the progress of nineAmerican teenagers with an array of pathologies which lead to behaviorproblems such as ADHD and OCD as well as depression and anxiety. Incandid interviews the teenagers talk about their diagnoses and the impact that their medical treatment has had on their lives.Photographs are combined…

  • Nan Goldin: „Soeurs, Saintes et Sybilles“

    Nan Goldin: „Soeurs, Saintes et Sybilles“

    Text der Fotografin: „Sœurs, Saintes et Sybilles est un hommage à ma sœur et à toutes les femmes rebelles qui se battent pour survivre dans la société. Je voulais questionner au travers de ces trois récits le piège de l’enfermement, au propre comme au figuré. L’histoire de sainte Barbara, décapitée par son père pour s’être…

  • George Alpert, Ernest Leogrande: „Second Chance to Live. The Suicide Syndrome“

    George Alpert, Ernest Leogrande: „Second Chance to Live. The Suicide Syndrome“

    Aus einer dem Buch beigelegten Verlagswerbung: „Seven people wo attempted suicide reveal their experiences in a new book SECOND CHANCE TO LIVE: THE SUICIDE SYNDROME. In their own words the tormented seven reveal the stories that led them to their acts of despair and how they were spared. With ninety photographs by George Alpert, accompanied…