Locke's Way

Cumming, well known for his bold portraits of people in the most severe situations, here virtually restricts himself to a collection of family photographs. In one breath and, because he walks fast from one room to another, breathlessly, he tells a life story in an occasionally hesitant tone. He regards it as a way to knowledge, with many bends and side turns and with steep treacherous slopes. That way is metaphorical, but also certainly literal. Cumming walks, as it were, through and over the photographs along a tragic road of life.