STUFF I GOTTA REMEMBER NOT TO FORGET
by Darin Mickey
48 pages, full color, hardcover, 10 "
x 8", limited edition of 1000
Published by J&L Books
In 2001, Darin Mickey began to document
his father's life at work and at home. Stuff I Gotta Remember Not
To Forget is a portrait of Ken Mickey, who sells storage space in
converted caves and abandoned mines throughout Kansas. We follow
Darin following his father as he makes cold calls, watches television,
attends meetings at the Masonic Temple, drives through underground
tunnels, and drinks his scotch on the rocks. Mickey's pictures deftly
depict the feelings an adult has toward his parents; an unfamiliarity
with the familiar, and the vying feelings of attraction and rejection
toward where one comes from. The title - taken from a Ziggy bulletin
board - implies both the ambivalence and urgency of what family
means once one leaves the fold. As much a memoir of Mickey's family
life as a portrait of a salesman, Stuff I Gotta Remember Not To
Forget is a document of the suburban midwest, in turns honest, ridiculous
and tender.
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