Outsider Photography. Create and Be Recognized: Photography on the Edge by John Turner and Deborah Klochko.

Chronicle, 2004. First edition, first printing, illustrated boards, not issued w. dust jacket, small remainder mark at bottom near spine, otherwise like new. 156 pages. Catalog for exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2004 and the George Eastman House in 2005. Essay by Roger Cardinal. Create and Be Recognized is the first survey of a compelling, always surprising art form -- outsider photography, a subcategory of outsider art. Presented here is the work of seventeen largely self-taught artists who have used photography or photographic elements in their creations, including such luminaries as Adolf Wolfli, Howard Finster, and Henry Darger, as well as discoveries from little known, equally dramatic artists. As with most outsider art, the work here is fueled by singular passions, marginalized mindsets, and extreme circumstances, falling outside mainstream picture-making.  Chapters arranged by technique include collage, photomontage, and manipulation/tableau.