In Prison - Hardcover

Hall, Douglas Kent

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805005927 ISBN 13: 9780805005929

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1988

Synopsis

In photographs and their own words inmates of Santa Fe prison convey the life and day-to-day struggle to survive of those behind bars, in a shocking examination of the very nature and purpose of imprisonment

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This photo-essay of prisoners in the San Quentin, Folsom (both Calif.) and Santa Fe (N.M.) penitentiaries conveys the claustrophobia and "the gradual shutting down of the human spirit" that Hall ( Working Cowboys ; The Border: Life on the Line ) noted when visiting to take these 80 or so black-and-white photos. A text consisting of Hall's impressions and informal interviews with convicts explores aspects of incarceration. Crisp, balanced portraits, with dramatic use of light and shadow (particularly in the interior shots), show men and women in their cells, lifting weights, at work or in the exercise yard. Hall admits to a fascination with the convicts' tattoos, and photos of these abound. This is a powerful portfolio, due to both the harshness of the subject matter and Hall's manifest photographic skill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0805005927
• ISBN 13: 9780805005929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 55