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For more than thirty years, Donigan Cumming (b. 1947) has been exploring, with unsettling results, the social and ethical implications of observational imagery through an “improvised community” composed of seemingly marginalized Montrealers.
*The Stage*, published in 1991 by Maquam Press, is one of his most notable works. This volume includes photographs previously published in *Reality and Motive in Documentary Photography* ( 1986) and *The Mirror, The Hammer and The Stage* ( 1990). Rather than merely documenting his subjects, Cumming collaborates with them here, carefully orchestrating their appearance and posture in each photograph, emphasizing their most eccentric qualities to a degree that has earned him comparisons to Diane Arbus. Weaving a path between theatricality and reality, Donigan Cumming was both celebrated and criticized for his closeness to his subjects. For him, life is a stage, and *The Stage* is now hailed as a classic
Includes an essay by journalist Robert Enright.
Published by Maquam Press, 1991; an exceptional signed copy that includes a handwritten note from the author.
18.4 cm 24.1 cm, 256 pages, in good condition
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For more than thirty years, Donigan Cumming (b. 1947) has been exploring, with unsettling results, the social and ethical implications of observational imagery through an “improvised community” composed of seemingly marginalized Montrealers.
*The Stage*, published in 1991 by Maquam Press, is one of his most notable works. This volume includes photographs previously published in *Reality and Motive in Documentary Photography* ( 1986) and *The Mirror, The Hammer and The Stage* ( 1990). Rather than merely documenting his subjects, Cumming collaborates with them here, carefully orchestrating their appearance and posture in each photograph, emphasizing their most eccentric qualities to a degree that has earned him comparisons to Diane Arbus. Weaving a path between theatricality and reality, Donigan Cumming was both celebrated and criticized for his closeness to his subjects. For him, life is a stage, and *The Stage* is now hailed as a classic
Includes an essay by journalist Robert Enright.
Published by Maquam Press, 1991; an exceptional signed copy that includes a handwritten note from the author.
18.4 cm 24.1 cm, 256 pages, in good condition
ISBN
