Mark Morrisroe

Beatrix Ruf, Thomas Seelig

This excellent book documents the facts of his life as well as the myths of his life, and provided the reader with page after page of his polaroid photographs of lovers, friends, street people, hustlers and any model he found controversial or simply interesting. Here also are the 'self portraits' that are actually radiographs of his body, many depicting the bullet lodged near his spine - a remembrance of his being shot by a john. His work in the art world was all embracing of the subcultures he explored and the writing that accompanies the many images in this book.