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Carrie Levy: 51 Months by Levy, Carrie

by Levy, Carrie | HC | LikeNew
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Like new
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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
2 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9781904563211

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Trolley
ISBN-10
190456321X
ISBN-13
9781904563211
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038631733

Product Key Features

Book Title
My Father Is in Prison
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
General, Photoessays & Documentaries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography
Author
Not Available
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
11.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
779.092
Synopsis
On her 16th birthday Carrie Levy waited at home in trepidation and hope for her father's return. He didn't make it. The courthouse had taken him, where he had been sentenced to four years in prison. He was sent to Allenwood, in Pennsylvania, five hours away. It took a year for Carrie to grasp the consequences of that day: but she worked hard to escape her own prison, and picked up her camera. With the lens between her and her life, she began to photograph the empty spaces in her home, on the road, outside the prison., When Carrie Levy's father was sentenced to four years, in a jail miles from home, she decided to find an outlet for her sadness and frustration. Picking up a camera, she began to take photos that communicate the sense of loss and emptiness that she went through until her father was released., A daughter documents the absence of her father at home, after he is in prison for 51 Months. On her 15th birthday Carrie Levy was waiting at home in hope for her father's return. He didn't make it. At the time he was being sentenced to prison for four years. Here she charts the years of his absence from their lives through her camera, as the void he left is filled with memories and reminders of him, compounded by his absence, from the empty garden, to the road trip to the prison five hours away. It took a year for Carrie Levy to grasp the consequences, the significance, of that day. At school her story was a jewel of gossip - the sidelong glances, the whispers, the outright glares. But she worked hard, and left a half a year early to escape her own prison. She picked up her camera. With the glimmering dark glass between her and her life, she began to photograph the empty spaces in her home, on the road, outside the prison (her mother would make the 10-hour round trip almost every weekend), in her pointless garden. But it was not pointless. These pictures are redolent of loss, of vacant landscapes and interiors that appear to be meaningless but as a whole sing a narrative song of those four years, like Carson McCullers's sentences which, when dissected, add up to no more than nouns, verbs and adjectives, or the brushstrokes of Impressionist painting. It is a singular story, and one that stopped when her father came home in March, 2000. She spoke to her father for 15 minutes about his crime. It has not been mentioned since. Four months later, in June, Carrie Levy closed the lid of the suitcase under her bed that contained the 500 images she had taken.
LC Classification Number
TR647

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    The seller was incredibly communicative and was willing to lump together multiple items I'd purchased to combine shipping, which was greatly appreciated. The item itself was in perfect condition, looks better than in the photo, and was packaged well to avoid any damage during shipping. It arrived quickly and without any issues! Excellent Seller, Goes the Extra Mile. Smooth Transaction, Shipped Very Quickly, As Advertised; Good Price; Well Packaged & Delivered Within a Few Days. A+
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    Thank you so much for offering this art book. Your price was fabulous on it. I had no communication, but you are no doubt a kind person. You are also a professional person, and your attention to detail really helped me in making my purchase decision. I'm adding you to my favorite seller list, and I always do shop with this list first. And also, I'd like to thank you for the lovely packaging, and the extremely fast shipping. The book was exactly as you described it. Happy New Year, if I can say.