Jun 042009
 

There’s a post over at Prison Photography (who knew?) showing images taken by imprisoned girls in Washington State, using a pinhole camera.

It was a project by photographer Steve Davis, who took his own photos of the girls. There was a strict policy on not capturing faces, that both Steve and the girls had to follow.

The result are truly eerie, and capture the mental exhaustion from isolation.

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(I would credit the photos, but there was no indication of who exactly took them on the site)

The author of the blog, Pete Brook, then has an interesting take on the problem of clichés that photographers face when taking prison photos that these girls just don’t have to worry about because they’re the ones in prison.

Amy Breen

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