ESS, Barbara
Fragments

"Fragments come from a number of Barbara Ess’ notebooks dated 2014–2020. In the wake of her death in 2021, sorting through her archive, Barbara’s sisters Janet and Ellen spent time with these notebooks, reading through them and, over the last year, identifying passages they thought might be of interest to her public. Some pages they digitally photographed and shared with me through a Google Drive, from which I selected thirty fragments and sequenced them in the order as they appear in this volume."
—From Adam Marnie’s editor’s note

Barbara Ess (1944-2021) was a photographer, a musician (she performed with The Static, Disband, Y Pants), and the founder and editor of Just Another Asshole (1978-87).

Published by F Magazine, 2023
Artists' Writings / Documents