A procession of them
- Title
- A procession of them / Eugene Richards.
- Published by
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
- Author
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- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations; 23 cm +
- Summary
- "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.""--Publisher's website.
- Series statement
- William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
- Uniform title
- William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
- Subject
- Richards, Eugene
- Richards, Eugene
- Psychiatric hospital patients > Portraits
- Portrait photography
- Documentary photography
- Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
- People with mental disabilities
- Mentally ill women
- Patients des hôpitaux psychiatriques > Portraits
- Portraits (Photographie)
- Photographie documentaire
- Internement (Psychiatrie)
- Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle
- Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale
- documentary photography
- mentally handicapped
- mentally ill
- People with mental disabilities
- Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
- Documentary photography
- Portrait photography
- Psychiatric hospital patients
- Patient
- Porträtfotografie
- Psychiatrische Klinik
- Psykiskt sjuka > bildverk
- Psykiatriska sjukhus > bildverk
- Porträttfotografi
- Fotografi > Förenta staterna > sekelskiftet 2000
- Fotokonst > Förenta staterna > sekelskiftet 2000
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- Mentally Ill Persons
- Patient Rights
- Persons with Mental Disabilities
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Genre/Form
- Documentary photography.
- illustrated books.
- group portraits.
- Illustrated works
- Portraits
- Illustrated works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Portraits de groupe.
- Pictorial Work
- Portrait.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library