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BOOKS & CATALOGUES (any opinions expressed are those of the site owner or the person credited)

Ten Last Night (1993)

Recent Forgeries (1998)

Errant Vine (2000, cat.)

SignLanguage (2002)

Coincidence of Memory (2002)

Hole in the Sun (2002)

Un Hueco en el Sol (2003, cat.)

Nye falsknerier (2003)

Katalog (2003, cat.)

45301 (2003)

Miyelo (2003)

For Wellington/Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika (2003)

Twilight of Empire (2003)

Spoken Word Revolution (2003)

The Horse is Good (2004)

Linger (2005)

I Forget You Forever (2006)

Skovbo (2008)

Poems, paintings & photographs in bold have been discussed in the VFB Forum.

Viggo has also written articles & poems published in magazines and reviews, and introductions or short pieces of various kinds for a number of books, and his artwork has been featured on the covers of books by other writers, including:

John Boorman et al., Projections 4: Film-makers on Film-making (1995) - "Missing Sandy Dennis"

Ellyn Maybe, The Cowardice of Amnesia (1998) - Cover Art

Michael Dzama, The Berlin Years (2003) - Introduction

Jude Fisher, The Two Towers Visual Companion (2003) - Introduction

Open City (Winter 2003-2004) - photographs from "Hole in the Sun"

Dave Eggers, The Best American Nonrequired Reading (2004) - Introduction

John Howe, Artbook (2004) - Introduction

Eric White, It Feeds Itself (2003) - Introduction

Karen Fisher, A Sudden Country (2005) - Cover Art

Georg Gudni, Strange Familiar (2005) - Introduction

[this is not a comprehensive list, and will be updated as more information becomes available]

Book/Catalogue	Contents
Ten Last Night (1993) Viggo Mortensen's first book of poetry, published in 1993 by Illuminati Publishers. OUT OF PRINT Summary: glossy soft-cover, 56 pages. Dedication: "For Henry, to figure out"	Poetry: 23 poems untitled "Oceans take our secrets..." Home Ontario Lullaby Unlisted Universal Self Service Island Letter From Nebraska Miami Week Ends untitled "They roll over on the swells..." Fossils Five Thousand Years Lead Keepsake For Sandy Dennis untitled "You are sweating in your sleep..." Embrace Ten Last Night Last Leg Hallowe'en Just Coffee Second Opinion Remain TOP
Recent Forgeries (1998) November 21, 1998 - January 9, 1999, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California Recent Forgeries documents Viggo's first solo exhibition, and includes a CD with music and spoken-word poetry. Introduction by Dennis Hopper. Discussion by Kristine McKenna. Page 10 contains thank you's to many different people, places & things from Viggo Softcover, 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, 110 pages, 83 reproductions ISBN: 1-889195-32-4 5th Edition $25 Poetry: 36 including 4 in Spanish; none are dated but many are from Ten Last Night (1993) or were recorded on Don't Tell Me What To Do (1993/4) or One Less Thing To Worry About (1997) Photographs: 62 including back cover all photos are titled and dated (familiar photos: one of Viggo from 1966, the famous living room picture, Ashley Judd, the touching one of Exene hugging a young Henry (Home, 1990), Viggo's swimming pool, and several of Henry) Paintings: 21 including front cover which is one he did for Perfect Murder all paintings are titled and dated (familiar paintings: front cover titled "Mother Memory," the drawing of Red Riding Hood when he was 7 yrs old with the teacher's remark of "very poor" written on it, Matinee, Mute, Clinic, one of Diane Lane (combo photo/painting), Gwynth Paltrow (combo photo/painting)) Familiar Faces: Viggo, Henry, Exene, Gray (his step-father), Diane Lane (WOTM), Ashley Judd (Passion of Darkly Noon), Gwynneth Paltrow (Perfect Murder), Anna Paquin (Pearl's daughter in WOTM), Sandy Dennis (Indian Runner) Dead Animals: 2 pigs!!	Photographs: School, 1966 Mom's Present, 1997 Home, 1998 Called Off, 1985 Manhattan, 1985 Venice Driveway, 1997 1045, 1998 Red #6, 1998 Gray, 1997 Departure, 1997 Metro Section, 1996 Exene's World, 1996 Out Back, 1996 Offerings, 1996 I Love Olga, 1995 Nancy, 1996 Matched Pair, 1996 Pig Shave, 1985 Calf Save, 1997 Saxon Morning, 1994 Home, 1990 At the Forum, 1998 Green #3, 1998 Red #2, 1996 Pool, 1998 Mermaids #4, 1998 Mermaids #5, 1998 Mermaids #6, 1998 Red #4, 1998 Aftermath, 1998 Dunk, 1996 Birthday Party, 1996 Out Front, 1998 Cheating, 1998 Resting, 1998 Mermaids #3, 1997 Mermaids #2, 1997 Red #5, 1998 Red #1, 1995 Greenpoint News, 1997 Painter, 1998 Sandy Dennis, 1985 Memory, East-West, 1997 School, 1996 From Greenpoint Terminal, 1997 Blue #2, 1997 Green #2, 1998 Memory, North-South, 1998 Teeth, 1998 Double Tap, 1998 10 A.M., 1998 10:02 A.M., 1998 3 P.M., 1998 Belfast Christmas, 1992 To Sea, 1993 6:10 P.M., 1995 Jack Kehoe, 1995 Eiffel Tower, 1995 Anna, 1997 Henry, 1990 Paintings: Front Cover: Mother Memory, 1997 Drawing, 1965 Sun's Losing its Yellow, 1998 Acknowlegments Red Minerva, 1997 Mute, 1998 Wall, 1997 Matinee, 1997 Blue #1, 1997 Red #3, 1997 Clinic, 1997 (with an image by Paula Symonds) Damas, 1997 Cul, 1998 Armstrong, 1998 Loves of a Blonde, 1998 Pope's Apology, 1998 Work 1951, 1997 Sections, 1997 Maria Falconetti, 1998 Ruth, 1997 What Have You Heard?, 1997 La Reine du Soleil, 1998 Confession #51, 1997 Back cover: Last Night, 1998 Poems: untitled "You are sweating in your sleep..." Wading Clear Cuttings Second Opinion Cursive untitled "Tragué el bagre..." Otoño Catalán Ten Last Night Just Coffee Lunch Meet Letter from Nebraska Stones Wet Dog untitled "After the flower bath..." Spring Fair untitled "They roll over on the swells..." Show untitled "The boy who cried wolf..." Extinct Edit Relay Independence North Sylvan Road For Sandy Dennis Home untitled "That ear joining jaw..." 33 Home for a Holiday Ontario Going Progress Bedtime Story for Henry Cruelty Chaco Hillside TOP
Errant Vine (2000, cat.) March 24, 2000 - May 13, 2000; Robert Mann Gallery; limited edition soft-cover exhibition booklet; only about 300 were published, signed & numbered by Viggo. DESCRIPTION:There are 23 color and black/white plates in this soft cover book, which includes Viggo's signature. OVERVIEW: Based on the exhibit of the same name at the Robert Mann Gallery - presents a selection of Viggo Mortensen's artwork. The subjects gentle, the colors sensuous, his photographs capture quiet moments of reflection, unique shapes and patterns, and subtle interactions that might otherwise have slipped past unheeded. His mixed media works on canvas incorporate paint, snapshots, written word, and found objects in unique and provocative collages. (Description & Overview were from an email by an e-bay seller of Errant Vine. It was number 135 out of 300 and sold for US$1,125.00)	CONTENTS: page 2: Photo: Late, NYC, 1999 page 3: Painting: Get Out More, 2000 page 4: Photo: Wednesday Again, 2000 page 5: Painting: La Selva, 1999 page 6: Photo: A Song for B.K., 1999 page 7: Photo: Buddha in Mora, 1999 page 8: Painting: The Marvelous Impossibility of Reaching Her Through the Difference That Separates You, 2000 page 9: Photo: Las Vegas is for Families , 1999 page 10: Photo: Sunday Afternoon, 1999 page 11: Painting: Married to Nature, 2000 page 12: Photo: Still Red, 1999 page 13: Photo: Spring Otago, 1999 page 14: Photo: K, 1999 page 15: Painting: Apart, 2000 page 16: Painting: Over, 1999 page 17: Photo: Kingston Corners, 1999 page 18: Painting: Sunshine on a Plain Wall, 2000 page 19: Photo: Paradise, 1999 page 20: Photo: Kawerau River, 1999 page 21: Painting: Chatterbox Eyes, 2000 page 22: Photo: Winter, Venice, 2000 page 23: Painting: More Fun in the New World, 2000 page 24: Photo: Skin of Happiness, 2000 TOP
SignLanguage (2002) A catalogue that accompanied the "Signlanguage" exhibition at Track 16 Gallery in February, 2002; & at St. Lawrence University in March, 2003 Features the photography and painting of Viggo Mortensen created primarily during his stay in New Zealand from 1999 to 2001. With an essay by Kevin Power (Viggo Mortensen: A Life Tracking Itself). Inner endpapers crossed with writing, fragments of poems or journals. Back endflap: "Whakato rakau kia puta te ora" Softcover, 10 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 84 pages, 95 reproductions SmartArt/Perceval Press ISBN: 1-889195-49-9 7th Edition $25	Paintings: La Selva, 1999 Karen Blixen's Birds (detail), 2001 Entierro, 2001 "The Marvellous Impossibility of Reaching Her Through the Difference That Separates You", 2000 One Through Six, 2001 Restos de un naufragio, 2001 La conversacion que no tuvimos, 2001 Kormak, 2001 Kormak in New York, 2001 Elendil, 2001 Gone Home Already, 2001 Common Nature, 2001 19 May, 2001 In the Birdsnest, 2001 Something's Missing, 1999 Volsung, 2001 Reading Richter, 2001 Karen Blixen's Birds, 2001 OH, 2001 Hardly Wait, 1999 Married to Nature, 2000 "Sunshine on a Plain Wall", 2000 Everything in its Place, 1999 Prefiero equivocarme a mi manera, 1999 Sun's Losing Its Yellow, 1998 Isolation and its Effects on Colour Perception With the Passing of Time, 1999 Photographs: Cover: Year One, 2000 Frontispiece: Chetwood Forest #5, 2000 Why Wait, 2000 School, 1996 Cocktail Corner, 1985 Gray's Visit, 2000 K, 1999 Jack, 1995 (Jack Kehoe) Late, NYC, 1999 Dunedin, 2000 A Song for B.K., 1999 Chetwood Forest, 2000 Amsterdam #7, 2001 Amsterdam #5 & 6, 2001 Celt, 2000 Green #9, 2001 Going Out #3, 2001 Chris' Dogs, 2001 Subject, 2000 Precautions, 2000 Buddha in Mora, 1999 The Middle, 2000 Told, 2000 Signlanguage, 1997 Cold St. Patrick, 1998 As One, 1997 With Jose, 2000 Winter, Venice, 2000 Fell, 2000 Intrusion #9, 2000 No Sign, 2001 Lost #2, 2000 Lost, 2000 Lost #5, 2000 Lost #4, 2000 Lost #3, 2000 Wolvenbosch, 2001 Element of Surprise, 2000 Chetwood Forest #3, 2000 Periodic Table, 2000 Leaving Turangi, 2000 Helm's Deep, 2000 Son of Gloin, 2000 Jarem, 2000 Westerly, 2000 Kingston Corners #3, 1999 Later, Red, 2000 (self-portrait) 7 November, 2001 Passover, 2001 Amsterdam, 2001 Las Vegas Is For Families, 1999 Amsterdam #8, 2001 Amsterdam #2, 2001 Sunday Afternoon, 1999 No One Can Know, 1999 Dom, 2000 Eomer, 2000 Studio, 2001 Cheek, 2000 Red #25, 2001 Te Anau #2, 1999 Time Out, 2001 Paradise, 1999 In the Cut, 1999 Mikkel, 1995 Shoe Fence, 2000 Irene's Window, 2001 Leaving Christchurch, 2000 Working, Brooklyn, 1998 (by Harriet Zucker) Journal Entry, 1998 Tommy Black, 2001 TOP
Coincidence of Memory (2002) Photographs, paintings, and poems spanning his artistic output from 1978 to 2002. Hardcover, 8 x 8 inches, 66 pages, 57 reproductions Perceval Press, ISBN: 0-9721436-0-2 Third Edition. $30 NOTE: some differences observed between 1st and later editions. Summary: hardback, 66 pages, paintings, photographs, poetry; more photos from FOTR, a few photos from RF and SL Introduction: none!!! but he does thank Pilar Perez, Michele Perez & the Lorax; also the book ends with a poem by Immanual Kant (about doing your art not to please multitudes) Paintings: only 9 paintings! all paintings are titled and dated familiar paintings: After Darkly Noon (revised version of Mute), Self Portrait Photographs: 49 photographs in color and black & white including the cover - all photographs are titled and dated familiar photographs: Intrusion, several photos with this broken camera that caused the orange/yellow flashes, Scared Bridget, Florence, Elijah, Orli, Rohan actor, Self-Portrait Poetry: 20 poems in English, 1 in Spanish, not all poems are titled but they are dated this time familiar poems: Clear, Wooed her like a dolphin, Weekends, Hillside(also in RF), Apart, Matinee(in RF this is in a painting), Keepsake(dedicated to his mother at SLU poetry reading), Edit(also in RF), Hallowe'en, Last Leg, Oceans take our secrets...., some more poems are also from RF. Famililar Faces: Bridget (his dog!), Elijah, Orlando, Rohan actor, Henry Dead Animals: one dead pig (don't ask cause I don't know!)	Photographs: Cover: Sueño del Retiro, 2001 The Low Countries, 2001 Friday, 1996 April, NYC, 2002 Ruth, 1977 Roma, October, 1995 Green #12, 2000 Ventura #2, 2002 Intrusion #8, 2000 Kawarau #2, 1999 Ventura, 2002 Wakatipu, 1999 Saxon, 1994 d., 2000 Noon, 2000 Fon, 2000 Delay, 2000 Shipshape #3, 2000 Shipshape #6, 2000 Shipshape #2, 2000 Shipshape, 2000 Shipshape #5, 2000 There's That Cock, 2000 Follow, 2000 Kapiti New Year, 2000 Lyall Bay, 2000 Fun House Lemons, 2000 Pancakes, 2000 Spring, Wellington, 2000 Scared Brigit, 1998 Daisy1994 Lesson, 1997 Slaughter Sequence #4, 1985 Medium, 2000 Madrid, 1995 Greenpoint, 1997 Christina y Ray, 1995 Sunday, NYC, 1985 Laura, 1993 Sueño del Retiro, 2001 Florence, 1995 Florence #2, 1995 Santa Ana, 1998 Paintings: After Darkly Noon, 1999-2002 Another Spring, 2000 Indiana, 1997-98 Kissinger Dream, 1999-2002 Self-Portrait, April, 1999-2002 Parzival's Back, 1999-2002 Gulf Stream, 1999-2002 Finland Aerial, Harvest, 2000-02 Bette Davis, 1962, 1999 Te Anau, 1999 Elf Head, 1999 Rohan, 2000 Taupo, 2000 Topanga, 2002 Self-Portrait, Winter, 2002 Poetry: Lullaby, 1992 Clear, 1995 untitled "Wooed her like a dolphin...", 1996 Weekends, 1985 Five Thousand Years, 1991-92 Chaco, 1995 Hillside, 1994 Apart, 1999-2000 Matinee, 1997 Keepsake, 1991 Fossils, 1992 Edit, 1992 Lead, 1979 Hallowe'en, 1990 Communion, 1999-2002 untitled "You are sweating in your sleep...", 1992 Castro's, 2000-02 Last Leg, 1990 untitled "They roll over on the swells...", 1990 untitled "Oceans take our secrets...", 1991 First Light, 1999-2002 TOP
Hole in the Sun (2002) Hardcover, 6 x 6 inches, 96 pages, 52 reproductions Perceval Press, ISBN: 0-9721436-1-0, Second Edition. $25 Thanks Hugh, Anna, Kim, and Saint Francis of Assisi Introductory poem by Edith Campion Dead Animals: NONE!!! Unless you include the dead butterfly floating on the water!	Summary: hardback, 95 pages, book is little larger than a cd holder, all photographs of his pool, no paintings, no poetry, mostly color but some black and white, some are repeats from his other books Introduction: none, but he thanks Hugh, Anna and Kim; poem by Edith Campion Photographs: this book is starts with color photos of Viggo's pool, then black and white photos of a drained pool and then back to color photos where it looks like the pool is there but drained and all the concrete around it is torn up (last pic) Cover: Pool #2, 1998 Last Night, 1998 Passover, 2001 Pool #7, 1999 Pool #26, 2002 Blue #11, 1998 Pool #4, 1998 Pool #2, 1998 Green #2, 1998 Green #4, 1998 Red #3, 1999 Mermaids #6, 1998 Pool #8, 1998 Blue #9, 1998 Blue #10, 1998 Pool #3, 1998 Blue #4, 1998 Pool #17, 2002 Blue #8, 2002 Pool #16, 2002 Down #8, 2002 Down #7, 2002 Blue #15, 2002 Blue #13, 2002 Blue #18, 2002 Blue #19, 2002 Blue #25, 2002 Blue #21, 2002 Blue #23, 2002 Blue #20, 2002 Blue #26, 2002 Blue #16, 2002 Blue #28, 2002 Blue #5, 2002 Blue #7, 2002 Pool #24, 2002 Blue #14, 2002 Pool #22, 2002 Down #4, 2002 Down, 2002 Down #3, 2002 Down #6, 2002 Down #10, 2002 Up #2, 2002 Down #12, 2002 Down #5, 2002 Down #9, 2002 Record, 2002 Pool #23, 2002 Blue #17, 2002 Red #22, 2002 Up, 2002 Pool #25, 2002 TOP
Un Hueco en el Sol (2003, cat.) "Un hueco en el sol" at the Fototeca de Cuba in Havana, May 6-June 5, 2003. Essay by Fototeca curator Nelson Ramirez de Arellano, letter from Viggo in Spanish on the last page. Designed by Michele Perez, digital imaging by Digital Fusion. Spanish language only. Perceval Press, Softcover, 6 x 6 inches, 24 pages, 24 reproductions. $11. Shipping included. Limited quantities. OUT OF PRINT	Photographs: Front cover: erfoud 16, 2002 Inside cover: gouverneur 2, 2003 Title page: blue 26, 2002 blue 27, 2002 blue 6, 2002 red 22, 2002 retreat 18, 2003 blue 17, 2002 retreat 11, 2003 retreat 9, 2003 tamdacht 20, 2002 hoka-hei, 2003 new year 4, 2003 down 6, 2002 where we met, 2000 hindsight 53, 2002 noon, 2000 retreat 4, 2002 nearly 4, 2002 erfoud 20, 2002 hindsight34, 2002 santa maria, 2003 santa maria 2, 2003 Back cover: down, 2002 TOP
Nye falsknerier (2003) Lindhardt & Ringhof, translated by Søøren Vad Møøller; poems and paintings, translated into Danish from Ten Last Night, Recent Forgeries and Coincidence of Memory. ISBN 87-595-1748-4, softcover , www.lrforlag.dk Nye Falsknerier = (almost the same as) Recent Forgeries published in 2003 by Here is a link to the Brandts bookstore in Odense, Denmark if you want this book (which I did order from them, it is $41.27 US dollars with shipping): Brandts Book Store Another link to the publisher of Nye Falsknerier: Publisher Summary: Soft cover, 69 pages, front cover: Reading G.Richter, painting and back cover: Later, blue - photograph (which is the only photo in the book) Introduction: no introduction, but a quote: "Kids are God, pay attention." (In Danish: Børn er Gud; vis hensyn) thank yous: Thank you for your help, Søren (the translator). And Saxo (don't know who he is). And Dad ("Far" in Danish). Paintings: 7 paintings familiar paintings: Vøølsung, Kormak, Gulf Stream, Kormak in New York, Parzival's Back, and Karen Blixen's Birds Poems: 46 poems familiar poems: Cuttings, Communion, Castro's, Clear, Home, After the flower bath..., Hallow'en, Stones, For Sandy Dennis, Wadings, Apart, Second Opinion,(lots of others also found in Recent Forgeries) Dead Animals: None!	Poetry: Hjem - Home Hund - Wet Dog Beskjæringer - Cuttings Pant - Keepsake Efter Blomsterbadet - Untitled Kursiv - Cursive Weekender - Weekends Allehelgen - Hallowe'en Bly - Lead Hjemme På Ferie - Home for a Holiday Fem Tusind År - Five Thousand Years Fossiler - Fossils Klar - Clear Sten - Stones Til Sandy Dennis - For Sandy Dennis North Sylvan Road Kun Kaffe - Just Coffee Frokost - Lunch Havene Tager Våre - Untitled ("Oceans take our secrets...") Vader - Wading Gjorde Kur Som En Delfin - Untitled ("Wooed her like a dolphin...") Du Sveder I Søvne - Untitled ("You are sweating in your sleep...") Forårsmarked - Spring Fair Show Møde - Meet Kommunion - Communion Siste Etape - Last Leg Hver For Sig - Apart Castro's Klipning - Edit Drengen Der Råbte - Untitled ("The boy who cried wolf...") 4. Juli - Independence På Vej - Going Stafet - Relay Brev Fra Nebraska - Letter from Nebraska Reno Ontario Matine - Matinee Sagkyndigt Skøn Nr. 2 - Second Opinion Ti I Aftes - Ten Last Night Første Gry - First Light Vuggevise - Lullaby Godnathistorie for Henry - Bedtime Story for Henry Fremskridt - Progress Studie - Untitled ("That ear joining jaw...") Bjergside - Hillside Paintings: Reading Richter (front cover) Volsung Kormak Gulf Stream Kormak in New York Parzival's Back Karen Blixen's Birds Photographs: Later, Blue (back cover) TOP
Katalog (2003, cat.) Katalog: Journal of Photography & Video Ephemeris. Viggo Mortensen: Photographs 1978-2003 June 28 - September 21, 2003, Museet for Fotokunst (Museum for Photographs) in Odense, Denmark. Summary: paperback- museum magazine, 56 pages with pages 2-17 about Viggo's exhibition & one of his photos on pg 2 (table of contents) & another photo on the cover; includes older photographs from his previous books and his newer abstract photographs; no paintings and no poetry. Dead Animals: Again with the dead pig! Introduction: Eight introductory pages written by Lonnie Hansen in both English and Danish.	Photographs: 22 photgraphs including the cover; in color and black & white all photographs are titled and dated familiar photos:some from his previous books (Scared Brigit-appears twice), some obviously from the Hildago shoot, and others are new. Cover: Erfoud 5 Topanga 7, 2002 Blue 4, 1998 Friday, 1996 Ruth, 1978 Daisy, 1994 Scared Brigit, 1998 Leaving Christchurch, 2001 Hindsight 9, 2002 Hindsight 2, 2002 There 3, 2002 Ride 28, 2002 A Song for BK, 1998 Chris' Dongs, 2001 Noon 23, 2002 Cheyenne River 3, 2002 Rachid's 5, 2002 (self portrait) Erfoud 33, 202 Slaughter 4, 1985 Erfoud 16, 2002 Hos farfar, 2002 (Henry) TOP
45301 (2003) Abstract images, fragments and phrases from poems, notes, journals Perceval Press, 8.5 x 9.75 inches. ISBN 0-9721436-3-7. 94 pages. $35 OUT OF PRINT Summary: hardback, 96 pages, all photographs, no poetry, not paintings, some backgrounds are his handwritten notes in both English and other languages (hard to make out the words) {This book is unlike his previous books in that its entire layout. Personally, I really like this book.} Introductions: None, not even a dedication. Photographs: pages are filled with photographs, most of them abstract either from the camera itself, movement of the camera while taking a picture or possibly on development of the film (this is strictly my opinion); 14 pages consist of over-exposed strips of film in a sequence one assumes has meaning for Viggo; most of the background on the pages (with photos lying on top) are of Viggo's handwritten notes and scribblings and are difficult to make out. None of the photos are named on the pages, but there is a single page at the end of the book that lists the names and dates of the photos. Familiar photos: several photos are from the Hidalgo set. On the last page there is a photo of Viggo taking a picture of a plant titled Self-Portrait Dead Animals: None, that I could see!	Front/back cover: Hindsight 67, 2003 Front endpaper: Retreat 9, 2003 1. Still Point 16, 2003 2. Ride 76, 2003 3. Still Point 17, 2003 4. Still Point 7, 2002 5. Still Point 10, 2002 6. Still Point, 2002 7. Still Point 11, 2002 8. Still Point 12, 2002 9. Still Point 13, 2002 10. Still Point 14, 2002 11. Still Point 15, 2002 12. Culver City, 2002 13. Erfoud 12, 2002 14. Erfoud 19, 2002 15. Erfoud 59, 2002 16. Tamdacht 29, 2002 17. Santa Maria, 2003 18. Santa Maria 3, 2003 19. Santa Maria 2, 2003 20. Obispo, 2003 21. Jardin de Luz, 2003 22. Retreat 11, 2003 23. Dumont 4, 2003 24. Retreat 18, 2003 25. Retreat 13, 2003 26. Ride 43, 2002 27. Tamdacht 19, 2002 28. Go 10, 2002 29. Tamdacht 20, 2002 30. Tamdacht 22, 2002 31. Tamdacht 23, 2002 32. Tamdacht 24, 2002 33. Gouverneur 2, 2003 34. Shipshape 5, 2000 35. Burn Books, 2000 36. 10 January 2, 2003 37. Jul 3, 2002 38. Tacoma, 2003 39. Tacoma 2, 2003 40. New Year 5, 2003 41. New Year 4, 2003 42. North 6, 2002 43. Still Point 22, 2003 44. Ride 29, 2002 45. Mielo 9, 2003 46. Mielo 11, 2003 47. Mielo 10, 2003 48. Mielo 12, 2003 49. Tokyo 12, 2003 50. Mielo 3, 2003 51. Mielo 6, 2003 52. Mielo 14, 2003 53. Mielo 5, 2003 54. Mielo 13, 2003 55. Marrakech 3, 2002 56. Hindsight 3, 2002 57. Marrakech 2, 2002 58. Marrakech 4, 2002 59. Ride 46, 2002 60. Ride 45, 2002 61. Hindsight 28, 2002 62. Topanga 18, 2003 63. Waiting for the Moon, 2003 64. Moonrise, 2002 65. Morning 9, 2002 66. Last Light, 2003 67. Morning 8, 2002 68. Morning 7, 2002 69. Wild 20, 2002 70. Wild 21, 2002 71. Wild 26, 2002 72. Retreat 5, 2002 73. Rachid's, 2002 74. Topanga 7, 2002 75. Twilight 3, 2002 76. Retreat 4, 2002 77. Hoka-Hei, 2003 78. Vor 12, 2003 79. Hindsight 31, 2002 80. Vor 5, 2003 81. Told 3, 2003 82. Fototeca, 2003 83. Hacia Mariel, 2003 84. Fototeca 2, 2003 85. West 3, 2002 86. Open, 2002 87. Self-portrait, Spring, 2003 Back endpaper: Retreat 10, 2002 TOP
Miyelo (2003) Miyelo is comprised of a series of large-scale, panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance, taken from a single roll of film in March of 2003. Perceval Press (2 editions) ISBN 0-9721436-7-X, 10.5 x 17 inches, hardcover, linen, 64 pages, $60. ISBN 0-9747078-4-8, 7.5 x 12.25 inches, softcover, 66 pages, $30. Texts: Introduction by Viggo Mortensen (prose poem "We came to kill the dead..." 11 September 2003) WOPILA (thanks) to a long list of people (including Henry) and horses (including T.J.) A series of chants, untitled, relating to the Ghost Dance ritual Essays by: Clement "Sonny" Richards, Lakota Medicine Man About acting as technical advisor on Hidalgo and about the Ghost Dance Religion. Ohiyesha (Charles Alexander Eastman, MD) About finding the survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890. Mike Davis "White People Are Only A Bad Dream..." The story of the 1891 expedition by James Mooney to document Native American culture. James Mooney "The Doctrine of the Ghost Dance"	Photographs: Retreat 6, 2003 Hindsight 24/25, 2002 Pilamaya Sonny, 2002 Miyelo 15, 2003 Miyelo 7, 2003 Miyelo 8, 2003 Miyelo 4, 2003 Miyelo 6, 2003 Miyelo 5, 2003 Miyelo 14, 2003 Miyelo 13, 2003 Miyelo 3, 2003 Miyelo 9, 2003 Miyelo 11, 2003 Miyelo 10, 2003 Miyelo 12, 2003 Go 16, 2002 Go 17, 2002 Hindsight 32 (detail), 2002 Miyelo 4 (detail), 2003 Mitakuye Oyasin, 2003 Hindsight 43, 2002 Hindsight 29, 2002 Hindsight 18, 2002 Hindsight 14, 2002 Hindsight 19, 2002 Hindsight 79, 2002 Ride 26, 2002 Hindsight 48/49, 2002 Midthunder, 2002 Ride 40, 2002 Miyelo 8 (detail), 2003 Cheyenne River 3, 2002 Quotes from: Joseph Campbell Wovoka (Paiute) Chief Plenty Coups (Crow) Crazy Horse (Ogala Lakota) Black Elk (Ogala Lakota) Lao-Tze Chief Justice John Marshall Alexander Hamilton KN Parker George W Bush Chief Luther Standing Bear (Ogala Lakota) TS Eliot Mark Twain Noam Chomsky James W Loewen Red Jacket (Seneca) Ohiyesha (Yankton Nakota) TOP
For Wellington/Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika (2003) A book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa." Perceval Press, ISBN 0-9721436-8-8, 10.5 x 6.5 inches, hardcover, 96 pages, $25. Summary: hardback, 94 pages, color and black & white photographs Introduction: None. However the very last pages has the words "kia ora" on them in the middle of the blank page. Photographs: 90 photographs including covers (color photo on the front, black and white photo on the back). The first 48 pictures are abstract (looks like he swirled the camera when he took the picture), then there is a yellow page that seperates those photos from 40 photos that are either not abstract or have the black ring around them as in some of his other photos in other books. All of these photos are of nature except for a couple that have people (unidentified) in them. all photographs are titled and dated Poetry: One. It's in 3 columns with words paired together: October 1999 -- left Henry -- lost day --- tricked night, etc. Famililar Faces: None I could make out. Dead Animals: Jaw bone of some animal.	Photographs: Front Cover: Ngauranga (detail), 2003 For Big Foot, 2003 Lower Hutt, 2003 Lower Hutt 2, 2003 Kapiti 2, 2003 Odense 3, 2003 Odense, 2003 Odense 2, 2003 Adelaide Road, 2003 Reikorangi 5, 2003 Waikanae, 2003 Ngauranga, 2003 Waikanae 4, 2003 Reikorangi 6, 2003 Íslendingur 2, 2003 Pukerua Bay, 2003 Wakefield, 2003 Kaitoke 11, 2003 Edinburgh, 2003 Snekkerup, 2003 Mana, 2003 Mana 2, 2003 Vigersted, 2003 4 July, 2003 Stone Street 2, 2003 6 July, 2003 7 July, 2003 Kolding, 2003 Hafnarfjördur, 2003 Keflavík, 2003 Tjörnin, 2003 With Billy 2, 2003 With Billy, 2003 Paraparaumu 3, 2003 Kaitoke 12, 2003 Kaitoke 9, 2003 Long Lead NYC 6, 2003 Grendel, 2003 Lejre, 2003 Skjoldenæsholm, 2003 Skjoldenæsholm 4, 2003 Skjoldenæsholm 3, 2003 Skjoldenæsholm 10, 2003 Stone Street 3, 2003 Island Bay, 2003 Courtenay Place, 2003 Kapiti 7, 2003 Skovbo 2, 2005 (???) Skovbo, 2003 York, 2003 view Íslendingur, 2003 Going South, 2003 Going North, 2003 Nearly, 2002 Nearly 5, 2002 Kapiti 6, 2003 Hindsight 84, 2002 Hindsight 83, 2002 North, 2002 North 8, 2002 North 7, 2002 Skjoldenæsholm 11, 2003 Skjoldenæsholm 2, 2003 Atlas 5, 2002 Skjoldenæsholm 5, 2003 Skjoldenæsholm 8, 2003 Hos farfar 2, 2003 view Erfoud 17, 2002 Erfoud 18, 2002 14 September, 2003 28 September, 2003 27 September, 2003 Erfoud 60, 2002 Erfoud 11, 2002 Paekakiriki, 2003 Twilight 3, 2002 Sundown, 2002 Erfoud 10, 2002 Erfoud 20, 2002 Morning 3, 2002 Topanga 19, 2003 Erfoud 8, 2002 Topanga 24, 2003 view Rachid's 3, 2002 18 September 2, 2003 18 September 3, 2003 18 September 4, 2003 Hindsight 34, 2002 North 2, 2003 Pulaski 2, 2003 Íslendingur (detail), 2003 TOP
Twilight of Empire (2003) Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation	Contributors: Lynsey Addario Fadhil al-Azzawi Medea Benjamin Tiosha Bojorquez Chapela Kristina Borjesson Anne E. Brodsky Mike Davis Jodie Evans Tahmeena Faryal Sandra Fu Amy Goodman Amir Hussain Eman Ahmed Khammas Naomi Klein Mark LeVine Yanar Mohammed Viggo Mortensen Christian Parenti Jerry Quickley Omid Safi Lauren Sandler Ambassador Joseph Wilson Nadia Yassine Viggo's poem "Back to Babylon" is featured. TOP
The Spoken Word Revolution (2003) Published: 2003 Summary: slam, hip hop & the poetry of a new generation; edited by Mark Eleveld with introduction by Billy Collins (a U.S. poet laureate)	Viggo's Poems: Weekends Hillside Keepsake