(ENG)

The Naked Truth combines traditional, manipulated, and performative photographs in dialogue with a historical archive, resurrecting the period of the Great Depression when a Victorian era health spa and resort was turned into a fake cancer curing hospital by “Dr.” Norman Baker. Baker began his career as a traveling vaudeville mesmerist, later finding success applying the same tools of spectacle and illusion as a medical charlatan.

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Published as the winner of the Charta Award 2025

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Publisher: Yogurt Editions

Book Design: Francesco Rombaldi

Hard cover
17 x 23 cm
176 pages

Print run: 500 copies
Printed by: Grafiche Veneziane, Italy