
Bertha Alyce
Mother exPosed
Gay Block(Author)
University of New Mexico Press
Published on 1. August 2003
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-0-8263-3093-2 (ISBN)
Description
Includes DVD (28 minutes). Gay Block began photographing her mother, Bertha Alyce, in 1973 and continued until Bertha Alyce's death resulting from a stroke in 1991. This collection of Block's photographs (sections of which involve nudity) presents her complicated, and at times difficult, relationship with her mother and a mother-daughter quest for healing. This intensely personal and intimate account could easily be a reflection of any family today. Essays by Eugenia Parry, author of Crime Album Stories: Paris 1886-1902, and Kathleen Stewart Howe, curator of the University of New Mexico Museum, accompany the photographs. To complete the presentation, the award-winning DVD 'Bertha Alyce' is included (28 minutes in length).
Reviews / Votes
"An extended portrait of a mother and daughter that will fray the edges of documentary expectations..." -- James Enyeart, Marion Center for Photographic Arts, Santa Fe. "A poignant investigation into the nature of love and memory, including resentment, forgiveness, jealousy and understanding..." -- Cheryl Younger, International Photography Institute, New York. "This is a funny, sad, provoking, and touching book that I most admire for its honesty..." -- Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Albuquerque, NM
United States
Illustrations
267 colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8263-3093-2 (9780826330932)
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