Witness #5

Mills, Joseph

Code: 2749

ISBN: 9781590052358

Publisher: Nazraeli Press

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Joseph Mills is the subject and guest-editor of Witness Number 5, the successful artist-edited series published by JGS, Inc and distributed by Nazraeli Press. For his contribution to the Witness series 'in which one artist is selected for each volume to present their own work as well as work by other artists' Mills presents his vintage street photographs, culminating in a special selection of his famed 'Inner City' work with an accompanying essay by Paul Roth. Witness Number 5 closes with a presentation of work Mary Del Popolo ('Self?') and Norman Carr ('Schizopolis'). Designed from cover to cover by Joseph Mills, and featuring full-bleeds and an extended gatefold, this is a jaw-dropping volume that has to be seen to be believed. "On one level these are documentary photographs, depicting the capital city of the United States, downtown Washington, D.C., in a period of decline between 1982 and 1989. But they are more than that. The restless streets seem envisioned rather than recorded; emblematic of a psychic state more than of a specific place or historical moment. Mills Inner City is empathic in nature, suffused with the hope and desperation radiating from the people whose lives pass before his lens." Paul Roth Hardcover, 9 1/2 x 12, 84 pages, 60 four-color plates ISBN: 1-59005-235-8