In Salem, in the 1970s, the violence of a women's psychiatry service with the objective of Mary Ellen Mark

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In Salem, in the 1970s, the violence of a women's psychiatry service with the objective of Mary Ellen Mark

In 1976, the American photographer decided to spend a month in immersion in the women's psychiatry department of Oregon State Hospital in Salem. She discovered patients locked up, often chained, subjected to harassment by staff and terrible electroshock sessions... Published in a book, "Ward 81", her touching images of Tommie, Laurie, Beth or Mona are currently on display in New York.