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Title: Life's Evening Hour by John Dugdale, Shields Remine ISBN: 0-9672484-2-6 Publisher: August Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: "Hope Is The Thing With Feathers"
Comment: When I look at these haunting photographs, words that come to mind are "serene," "fragile," "gentle," "tranquil," "elegiac." These 52 photogaphs are cyanotypes printed in a beautiful shade of blue, an appropriate color for the mood and subject matter of these images. John Dugdale lost all sight in one eye and has only 20% vision in the other, the results of CMV caused by HIV. Most of these photographs are of still lifes, Mr. Dugdale's friends and family and himself. The models are invariably posed nude. "This is why I continually photograph people nude, to show that in and under the skin we are all much the same." Only one or two photographs were done before Mr. Dugdale's blindness. He now shoots with an 8 x 10 camera and gets help from friends in focusing. Most of the photographs, all of which, cover a full page of the book, are accompanied with text by the photographer. He also includes scripture from the Book or Common Prayer as well as poetry by Emily Dickinson. Lines such as "We grow accustomed to the Dark-- When Light is put away" and "And then the Windows failed--and then/I could not see to see" from two of the poems are appropriate to describe the photos.
Mr. Dugdale obviously has lived through what Ms. Dickinson would call "the hour of lead" and quietly triumphs. He I think would agree with the poet that "hope is the thing with feathers." Even though he misses most not being able to read and to see other people's eyes, he still buys books "for the day I may be able to read them again."
Viewing these beautiful photographs will strengthen your faith in the gentle courage of this artist and in his ability to prevail under great adversity.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beautiful World
Comment: John Dugdale's latest book of cyanotype photographs portrays both the beauty that surrounds the photographer, and the hope that can be found through love, friendship, and prayer. In fact, Life's Evening Hour isn't simply a book of photographs. Using photography and narration, Dugdale lets the viewer into his world, showing what matters most in a personal, reflective, and oftentimes heartbreaking way. Poems by Emily Dickinson and passages from the Bible are woven throughout Dugdale's journey, as we follow his story. The pages reveal Dugdale's battle with AIDS and how he relied not only on the unending support of family and friends, but on the power of faith to heal. His affliction rendered him eighty-percent blind, although this only made his photographic vision stronger; he quotes Emerson, "You see through your eyes, not with them." Dugdale's photographs portray those who stood by in good times and bad. Bible passages and poems by Dickinson appear on several pages paralleling metaphorically, the images on opposite pages. Dugdale's own explanations of his photographs are written in diary-like form, in which he comments on the people in his photographs - all those who have touched his life in some way. Whether photographing a still life or people, subject matter is more important to Dugdale than it would be for other photographers, simply because Dugdale is literally in love with what he photographs. The emotional attachment Dugdale has with his subjects only makes his images stronger, and the viewer is rewarded with photographs that go beyond the boundaries of photography. Life's Evening Hour is a beautiful world comprised of fifty-two photographs, and one can only feel honored to experience John Dugdale's world of imagery.
Rating: 5
Summary: VISION FROM TRUE DEPTHS
Comment: John Dugdale's annealing experiences of AIDS, a stroke, and near-total blindness would immobilize most photographers to the point of permanent incapacity. In "Life's Evening Hour," we see the results of an artist rising above the situations life has dealt, and the blue-tinted cyanotype photographs are remarkable for their subject matter and compositional strength. They face appropriate texts from such sources as Dugdale's own expressive and spiritual writings, Emily Dickinson, or the Psalms, which he asserts were literal life-savers. Many nude images feature Dugdale's own body and his striking, appealing face and deep eyes. This subject matter is less-skilled hands could become maudlin; but here, we see an artist near the height of his considerable creative powers using devastating experiences to inform the rest of us, who often see our circumstances considerably less well than John Dugdale. Additional work by text editor Shields Remine contribute to the beauty of the texts; the production standards by publisher August Press are high and reflect the craftsmanship of the book's content (particularly the touches of a bookmark ribbon, and the front-cover cyanotype inset of the artist). This is altogether a work of the first water, without a misstep.
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