Description:
Very Rare 1986 first edition. Parr&Badger Vol II
From 1979 to 1982 Dag Alveng worked as a nightwatchman in a psychiatric hospital. In his down time he would photograph the surfaces, textures, the residue of the day’s activities. His clear depiction of its pertinent details, walls, furniture, and ephemera-reveals the possibilities of existential fact. We believe we are seeing the objects themselves and not their representation in photographs. What is depicted becomes symbolic of passivity, boredom, repetition, violence, intimidation and routine. Such a revelation is more challenging than mere transformation, since as viewers, we are forced to respond to descriptions seemingly unfiltered by the photographer.
Designed by Per Maning. Text in English and Norwegian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Asylum" is noted Oslo-based photographer Dag Alveng's haunting look at a Norwegian psychiatric Institution. It features beautifully reproduced black and white plates whose halftone negatives were prepared by the esteemed Richard Benson. An internally bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1986 first edition (cited on page 298 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to four hundred unnumbered copies.
Publication Date: 1986
Publisher: Koks Forlag & Preus Fotomuseum, Oslo, NORWAY
Condition: Good, some damage to acetate cover.
Book Size: 33×28 cm
Pages: 60
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 82-90578-05-9
Description:
Very Rare 1986 first edition. Parr&Badger Vol II
From 1979 to 1982 Dag Alveng worked as a nightwatchman in a psychiatric hospital. In his down time he would photograph the surfaces, textures, the residue of the day’s activities. His clear depiction of its pertinent details, walls, furniture, and ephemera-reveals the possibilities of existential fact. We believe we are seeing the objects themselves and not their representation in photographs. What is depicted becomes symbolic of passivity, boredom, repetition, violence, intimidation and routine. Such a revelation is more challenging than mere transformation, since as viewers, we are forced to respond to descriptions seemingly unfiltered by the photographer.
Designed by Per Maning. Text in English and Norwegian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Asylum" is noted Oslo-based photographer Dag Alveng's haunting look at a Norwegian psychiatric Institution. It features beautifully reproduced black and white plates whose halftone negatives were prepared by the esteemed Richard Benson. An internally bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1986 first edition (cited on page 298 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to four hundred unnumbered copies.
Publication Date: 1986
Publisher: Koks Forlag & Preus Fotomuseum, Oslo, NORWAY
Condition: Good, some damage to acetate cover.
Book Size: 33×28 cm
Pages: 60
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 82-90578-05-9