“Monument is William Eakin’s memorial to the seemingly ordinary, middle-class aspirations of the 1950s….
Unlike the doubt with which today’s youth face their future, children of the postwar period typically believed their dreams would someday come true….
In Monument the artist guides us to see ourselves, and to remember and honour our passing dreams.”
Anne Brydon
Memorywork
Monument
Circle designed this cloth-bound art book for award-winning Winnipeg-based photographer/artist William Eakin. Monument features 24 portraits of “cultural archetypes”—trophy portraits shot as pin-hole photographs, along with critical essays in English and Japanese. Rich use of duotone techniques and special varnishes helped create an exquisite collectible. Printed and bound by Friesens; ISBN 0 9683181 0 X
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