Bertha Alyce: Mother Exposed Book

Gay Block began photographing her mother, Bertha Alyce, in 1973 and continued until Bertha Alyce's death resulting from a stroke in 1991. This collection of Block's photographs (sections of which involve nudity) presents her complicated, and at times difficult, relationship with her mother and a mother-daughter quest for healing. This intensely personal and intimate account could easily be a reflection of any family today. Essays by Eugenia Parry, author of Crime Album Stories: Paris 1886-1902, and Kathleen Stewart Howe, curator of the University of New Mexico Museum, accompany the photographs. To complete the presentation, the award-winning DVD "Bertha Alyce" is included (28 minutes in length)."An extended portrait of a mother and daughter that will fray the edges of documentary expectations."--James Enyeart, Marion Center for Photographic Arts, Santa Fe"A poignant investigation into the nature of love and memory, including resentment, forgiveness, jealousy and understanding."--Cheryl Younger, International Photography Institute, New York"This is a funny, sad, provoking, and touching book that I most admire for its honesty."--Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonRead More