#BehindTheScenes printing “Ward 81: Voices” by Mary Ellen Mark and Karen Folger Jacobs—an expanded edition of the original 1979 book. In 1976 Mark and writer Karen Folger Jacobs set out to document the lives of the women in this locked ward at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem—the only one in the state. Every day for five weeks, Mark photographed and Jacobs interviewed the women on Ward 81. At night they slept in an empty adjacent ward. Alongside this publication there will be an exhibition at The Image Centre in Toronto from January 25 to April 1, 2023. #Steidl #Steidlbooks @maryellenmarkfoundation #MaryEllenMark