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ERRATA EDITIONS
Donigan Cumming: The Stage
Books on Books No. 19
Text by Robert Enright, Jeffrey Ladd
Donigan Cumming’s The Stage is one of the most challenging photo books published in the last century. Rather than merely documenting his subjects, Cumming collaborated with them, carefully orchestrating their appearance and posture in each photograph, emphasizing their most eccentric qualities to a degree that has earned him comparisons with Diane Arbus. The Stage thus constitutes a portrayal of the elderly, the odd, the sick and the possibly demented. Books on Books No. 19 offers a complete facsimile of this extremely rare, remarkable and little-known Canadian photo book. It includes an essay by prominent cultural journalist Robert Enright.
FORMAT: Hbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 132 pgs / 150 duotone. LIST PRICE: U.S. $39.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $53.95 ISBN: 9781935004370 PUBLISHER: Errata Editions AVAILABLE: 9/30/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: SDNR60 PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Published by Errata Editions. Text by Robert Enright, Jeffrey Ladd
Donigan Cumming’s The Stage is one of the most challenging photo books published in the last century. Rather than merely documenting his subjects, Cumming collaborated with them, carefully orchestrating their appearance and posture in each photograph, emphasizing their most eccentric qualities to a degree that has earned him comparisons with Diane Arbus. The Stage thus constitutes a portrayal of the elderly, the odd, the sick and the possibly demented. Books on Books No. 19 offers a complete facsimile of this extremely rare, remarkable and little-known Canadian photo book. It includes an essay by prominent cultural journalist Robert Enright.
