Photo Book Works

Elsi Vassdal Ellis
Bellingham, WA

If Johnny Comes Marching Home

Regardless of how an individual feels about actions taken by presidents and supported by government representatives, when soldiers are sent to war there is a moral obligation to take care of them when they return. They aren’t tools to be thrown away when broken. This book addresses the long-term commitment the government and citizens have to the support of the troops currently serving and surviving in Iraq and Afghanistan. What is old is also new again. The Civil War lyrics to When Johnny Comes Marching Home are juxtaposed with the realistic and brutal Irish street ballad lyrics of 1802.

Images: antique shop finds, Thomas O. Vassdal, US Army photo ID, Eric Draper [George W. Bush], Eric Gay [Dick Cheney]. Edition of 50.

$150

To purchase, please contact Laura at 23 Sandy Gallery.

Click here to see Elsi's other book in this show, This Land.

Artist Biography

A medievalist at heart, Elsi Vassdal Ellis creates books in a well equipped studio in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1983 she has produced over 21 offset, 54 letterpress, 12 digital, one stenciled and three cloth editions as EVE Press and 114 one-of-a-kinds. She exhibits nationally and internationally. Her work is housed in many public collections.

Elsi won the Gallery Choice award during our 2010 Pop-Up Now show and will be featured with a solo show here at 23 Sandy Gallery in 2012.