Library of dust / David Maisel ; essays by Geoff Manaugh, Terry Toedtemeier, and Michael S. Roth.

Main entry:

Maisel, David, author.

Title & Author:

Library of dust / David Maisel ; essays by Geoff Manaugh, Terry Toedtemeier, and Michael S. Roth.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2008]
©2008

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 44 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Mineral Kinships / Geoff Manaugh -- The Soul Remains: A Mineralogical Account of the Remarkable Transformation of the Cremation Canisters at the Oregon State Hospital / Terry Toedtemeier -- Graves of the Insane, Decorated / Michael S. Roth -- The Library and its Self-Contained Double / David Maisel.

Summary:

"Library of Dust - Esteemed photographer David Maisel has created a somber and beautiful series of images depicting canisters containing the cremated remains of the unclaimed dead from an Oregon psychiatric hospital. Dating back as far as the nineteenth century, these canisters have undergone chemical reactions, causing extravagant blooms of brilliant white, green, and blue corrosion, revealing unexpected beauty in the most unlikely of places. This volume is both a quietly astonishing body of fine art from a preeminent contemporary photographer, and an exceptionally poignant monument to the unknown deceased."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780811863339
0811863336

Subject:

Maisel, David.
Oregon State Hospital.
Oregon State Hospital bildverk.
Photography, Artistic.
Dust Pictorial works.
Cremation.
Copper Corrosion Pictorial works.
Psychiatric hospitals Oregon History.
Photographie artistique.
Poussière Ouvrages illustrés.
Crémation.
Cuivre Corrosion Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
Psychiatric hospitals
Copper Corrosion
Dust
Fotografie
Bildband
Fotokonst Förenta staterna sekelskiftet 2000.
Fotografi Förenta staterna sekelskiftet 2000.
Fotografer Förenta staterna sekelskiftet 2000.
Kremering bildverk.
Begravningsseder bildverk.
Oregon

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
photobooks.
Photobooks
History
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Manaugh, Geoff, contributor.
Toedtemeier, Terry, contributor.
Roth, Michael S., 1957- contributor.
Chronicle Books (Firm), publisher.
United States California San Francisco,

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 259822
Call No.: BIB 190746
Status: Available

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