Special Cases: Natural Anomalies and Historical Monsters

By Rosamond Wolff Purcell

Book Overview

Celebrated photographer Rosamond Purcell delves into squeamish subjects such as conjoined twins, hairy people, albinos, and humans with animal heads. Sure to capture the imagination of artists, historians, and anyone with a taste for the perverse, Special Cases is a clever visual history whose pages and pictures reveal the flipside of what we call normal.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811815684
• ISBN13: 9780811815680
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A Classic!!!!!

This is really one of the most exciting books to have come out in recent times. The photographs are extraordinary and the text intelligent and insightful. A must buy!!