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‘Ward 81 Voices’

Book Design

Design for the expanded edition of the 1979 book of photographs and interviews by Mary Ellen Mark and Karen Folger Jacobs with the patients of Ward 81, a locked mental ward for women.

Front cover of the original 1979 book. Zoom Enlarge

Front cover of the original 1979 book.

Back cover of the original 1979 book. Zoom Enlarge

Back cover of the original 1979 book.

Spread from Kaitlin Booher’s essay. Zoom Enlarge

Spread from Kaitlin Booher’s essay.

Spread from Max Houghton’s essay. Zoom Enlarge

Spread from Max Houghton’s essay.