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An Artist’s Book Grapples with the Consequences of the US Prison System

Sable Elyse Smith’s “Landscapes & Playgrounds” includes aerial photographs and handwritten letters, portraying the intimacy between an incarcerated father and a daughter.

Essays

Can Photographs Help Communicate the Experience of Incarceration?

Artist and educator Nigel Poor’s new book reveals an archive from San Quentin and a record of a prison photography workshop.

From the Archive

Marking Time

When a loved one is incarcerated, how do portrait studios keep families together?

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