Bertha Alyce: Mother Exposed

by Gay Block

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826330940
• ISBN13: 9780826330949
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.5"