Behind Walls: Photography in Psychiatric Institutions from 1880 to 1935

by Markus Landert, Martina Wernli, Sabine Münzenmaier, et al.

Drawing on previously untapped historical photo archives in Switzerland, a visual history of the modernization of psychiatric hospitals.

Many psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland house a treasure trove of historical photographs that go back to the nineteenth century and until now have never been studied properly. Glass slides and negatives, loose paper prints, and photo albums allow fascinating insights into the modernization of these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039420569
• ISBN13: 9783039420568
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Scheidegger and Spiess
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.7"