VICE Vol. 12 · No. 11
The Dirty Laundry Issue — UK edition · cover photograph by Bill Henson
UK VICE Volume 12 Number 11, identified as The Dirty Laundry Issue through its matching cover and contents. Bill Henson's suburban photograph occupies the cover, with a James Jean illustration on the contents page and features presenting Jean's sketches, Paul Strand's Luzzara photographs and Barry Gifford's fiction. Other listed subjects include migration, Egyptian football, tobacco harvesting, Ebola, Iraq and a polar-bear attack. An American Apparel advertisement uses a six-image fashion sequence on the rear cover. Published in late 2014; the exact UK month remains unverified.
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- VICE
- Condition
- Very Good (provisional photographic assessment)
- Completeness
- Front cover, rear cover and contents page 10 are evidenced. Contents list material beginning through page 100, which does not establish total pagination or complete collation. No originally issued insert, supplement or free gift has been established. Dimensions and full page-by-page completeness remain unknown.
- Date
- Late 2014 (exact UK month unverified)
Catalogue note
UK VICE Volume 12 Number 11, identified as The Dirty Laundry Issue through its matching cover and contents. Bill Henson's suburban photograph occupies the cover, with a James Jean illustration on the contents page and features presenting Jean's sketches, Paul Strand's Luzzara photographs and Barry Gifford's fiction. Other listed subjects include migration, Egyptian football, tobacco harvesting, Ebola, Iraq and a polar-bear attack. An American Apparel advertisement uses a six-image fashion sequence on the rear cover. Published in late 2014; the exact UK month remains unverified.
Why this object matters
The Henson cover, Jean sketches and Strand/Gifford material give this issue a substantial photographic and literary identity. Retain outstanding 8.8 while leaving the exact UK month and total pagination unverified.
Evidence limits: Front cover, rear cover and contents page 10 are evidenced. Contents list material beginning through page 100, which does not establish total pagination or complete collation. No originally issued insert, supplement or free gift has been established. Dimensions and full page-by-page completeness remain unknown.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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