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W. J. T. Mitchell's son Gabriel was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of nineteen and died by suicide at the age of 38, leaping from his apartment high in Chicago's Marina City towers. Gabe left behind a remarkable archive of creative work and a father determined to learn from, and bear witness to, Gabe's journey. What is a father to do when caught between his skepticism about psychiatry and the reality of a son suffering from mental illness? How to see madness clearly from within the daily challenges of loving his gifted but delusional child? Gabe's story holds many lessons-for parents and caregivers of the mentally ill, for those interested in mental illness as a social and political identity, for those interested in the question of the outsider artist. Gabe himself had a larger, "macrocosmic" ambition beyond the story of his own condition. He wanted to make a film that would show madness from inside and out, as media stereotype and spectacle, as minority status and stigma, as a form of disability that is an extreme form of a subjective experience we all endure at some point. He would explore all possible images of madness, from the monster to the magician, the clown to the kook and crank, the mad scientist to the mad sovereign. His ambition was to "transform schizophrenia from a death sentence to a learning experience." This book challenges us to learn from Gabe's attempt to find redemption inside his madness. It is also a moving story of a father's love and a family's resilience.

Schizophrenics --- Artists --- Motion picture producers and directors --- Mentally ill --- Fathers and sons --- Art and mental illness --- Mental illness in motion pictures --- Schizophrenia --- Family relationships --- Mitchell, Gabriel, --- Mitchell, Gabriel, --- Mitchell, W. J. T. --- Mental health. --- Family.

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77.01 --- Fotografie--Semiotiek van de fotografie. Theorie --- 77.01 Fotografie--Semiotiek van de fotografie. Theorie --- Edited by Liz Wells --- Avgikos Jan --- Bailey David A. --- Batchen Geoffrey --- Bate David --- Becker Karin E. --- Berger John --- Brik Ossip --- Collins Jane --- Damisch Hubert --- Desnoes Edmundo --- Edwards Steve --- Grundberg Andy --- Hall Stuart --- Henderson Lisa --- Kelly Angela --- Kember Sarah --- Hooks Bell --- Kuhn Anette --- Lister Martin --- Lutz Catherine --- McGrath Roberta --- Manovich Lev --- Martin Rosy --- Metz Christian --- Mitchell W.J.T. --- Moholy-Nagy László --- Morris Wright --- Perloff Marjorie --- Sekula Allan --- Solomon-Godeau Abigail --- Spence Jo --- Szarkowski John --- Tagg John --- Weston Edward --- Wollen Peter --- Photographie. --- fotografie --- twintigste eeuw --- digitale fotografie --- documentaire fotografie --- fotografietheorie --- reportagefotografie --- tentoonstellingen --- musea --- onderwijs --- Barthes Roland --- Benjamin Walter --- Burgin Victor --- Crimp Douglas --- Eco Umberto --- Lippard Lucy R. --- Rosler Martha --- Sontag Susan --- Photography --- Photography. --- Essays. --- departement Beeldende Kunst 09 --- hedendaagse fotografie --- Bailey David A --- Becker Karin E --- Lippard Lucy R --- Mitchell W.J.T