A procession of them

Title
  1. A procession of them / Eugene Richards.
Published by
  1. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Author
  1. Richards, Eugene.

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Description
  1. 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations; 23 cm +
Summary
  1. "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
  1. William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
Uniform title
  1. William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
Subject
  1. Richards, Eugene
  2. Richards, Eugene
  3. Psychiatric hospital patients > Portraits
  4. Portrait photography
  5. Documentary photography
  6. Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
  7. People with mental disabilities
  8. Mentally ill women
  9. Patients des hôpitaux psychiatriques > Portraits
  10. Portraits (Photographie)
  11. Photographie documentaire
  12. Internement (Psychiatrie)
  13. Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle
  14. Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale
  15. documentary photography
  16. mentally handicapped
  17. mentally ill
  18. People with mental disabilities
  19. Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
  20. Documentary photography
  21. Portrait photography
  22. Psychiatric hospital patients
  23. Patient
  24. Porträtfotografie
  25. Psychiatrische Klinik
  26. Psykiskt sjuka > bildverk
  27. Psykiatriska sjukhus > bildverk
  28. Porträttfotografi
  29. Fotografi > Förenta staterna > sekelskiftet 2000
  30. Fotokonst > Förenta staterna > sekelskiftet 2000
  31. Commitment of Mentally Ill
  32. Mentally Ill Persons
  33. Patient Rights
  34. Persons with Mental Disabilities
  35. Socioeconomic Factors
Genre/Form
  1. Documentary photography.
  2. illustrated books.
  3. group portraits.
  4. Illustrated works
  5. Portraits
  6. Illustrated works.
  7. Ouvrages illustrés.
  8. Portraits de groupe.
  9. Pictorial Work
  10. Portrait.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library