Jackson, Bruce
Inside the Wire
- ISBN 13:
- 9780292744967
- author:
- Jackson, Bruce
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 31.24 x 25.15 x 2.54 centimetres
- Genre:
- Photography, Photo-essays & Documentaries
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Inside the Wire presents a powerful and poignant photographic record of life in southern prison farms. In the 1960s, photographer Bruce Jackson began visiting these institutions to study black convict worksongs and folk culture, capturing an extraordinary opportunity to document a world of harsh conditions and extreme hardship. Jackson's photographs reveal the stark realities of prison life, from the backbreaking work of hand-picking cotton to the grim solitude of death row. He also includes early twentieth-century prisoner identification shots, taken by anonymous convict photographers for the prison files, that serve as profoundly evocative human portraits. This book is a complete and irreplaceable portrait of the southern prison farm, one that documents both the humanity of those who labor and languish within its walls, and the inhumanity of the institutions themselves. Through his photographs, Jackson conveys a sense of the cruel world that exists behind bars, where kindness can be rare and freedom is often just an illusion.
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