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Ellis Island
ghosts of freedom
By Wilkes, Stephen & Bradley, Bill
- ISBN
- 978-0-39306-145-1
- Publisher
- New York : Norton, c2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Ellis Island, in operation from 1892 to 1954, was the gateway to America for some 12 million people, many of whom fell ill and so were detained in a hospital on the southern end of the island. Wilkes photographed the disintegrating hospital and its environs between 1998 and 2003, using only a 4x5 view camera and natural light. The resulting images force us to question our assumptions about a historic immigration experience that informs the colle...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
