Phil And Me
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.37 (973 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 190456304X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Amanda's father, Philip Tetrault, is a poet who has lived with schizophrenia since he attended McGill University, in Montreal, at the age of 21. These photographs cover six years of sporadic meetings between Amanda and her father. Photo booth pictures that span the past 27 years form a visual narrative thread. Throughout, Philip had been giving her scraps of paper and napkins with verses and lines scrawled on them: some are published here. Philip is now a part of the streets and the shadows of Montreal. As a young man, Philip was suffused with promise, hailed by Leonard Cohen in 1986 as one of the best young poets in Canada--before he slipped into yet another schizophrenic void. Phil & Me is a daughter's use of photography to try to understand her relationship with her father and the schizophrenia that has crippled him. The reality of his days--moving through the caf s and parks of the city, his habitual Mickey of vodka in hand, and his acquaintances of street kids, squirrels, crows and seagulls--haunt these photographs and his poems alike.
. After graduating from Dawson College in Montreal she worked at two of the most significant photography workshops in the world The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine and The Toscana Photographic Workshops, Tuscany, Italy. For two years she was assistant to the famed National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. About the Author Amanda Tetrault is a photographer based out of Montreal, Canada, and Bangalore, India. During this period she worked on the production of his books Portraits (Phaidon Press) and South South East (Phaidon Press)
Brilliant C. G. Thimmaiah One of the most moving, powerful and poignant books on the subject of mental illness. Amanda Tetrault's photographs are stark and immensely evocative, and, juxtaposed with her father's simple, sometimes lyrical, sometimes jagged poetry, manage to provide an unsentimental and devastating insight into the effect that mental illness can have on a family. A must buy for many reasons - for the incredible photography, for the moving poetry, for the potent synergy between the two. "I thought there would be more to it" according to sandy. I ordered this book after listening to Amanda's interview on National Public Radio. I really connected to the interview, as I have had a similar experience with my father. I thought the book would have more information with the pictures. I was a little disappointed, however I respect Amanda's work.
. For two years she was assistant to the famed National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Amanda Tetrault is a photographer based out of Montreal, Canada, and Bangalore, India. During this period she worked on the production of his books Portraits (Phaidon Press) and South South East (Phaidon Press). Afte