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cheapbag214s · Posted: Fri 12:52, 02 Aug 2013 Post subject: Chowchilla

Valley State Prison for Women, Chowchilla, California (Courtesy of Alyse Emdur)This question of the kinds of images of prisons that are allowed out is quite interesting. In fact, I'm working with a photographer who's been in prison for almost 30 years in Michigan, on what I think will be my next book. In the 1970s and 80s, he ran the photo lab in Jackson Prison, and he was in charge of developing and printing all the inmates' photographs. At that time, the rules of photography were very different in prison -- there just weren't as many rules,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], basically. This guy has hundreds of photographs from all over Jackson State Prison.It's just fascinating to see the differences between these very staged and framed visiting room portraits and the reality of the prison as seen through this guy's eyes -- through an insider's eyes. I think his situation was extremely rare when it happened, but today it's totally unheard of. The majority of photographs that come out of prisons today are these visiting room portraits. I suppose