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November 21, 2012 02:26 pm PST
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Prison ID photos from 1915-1940
In 1975, photographer/filmmaker Bruce Jackson, who has spent decades documenting prison life, was visiting Arkansas' Cummins Unit, a state prison farm. While there, he stumbled upon a drawer filled with old prison ID photos snapped between 1915 and 1940. Jackson recontextualized these as a unique form of portraiture in his book "Pictures from a Drawer." [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/HPSscgVGops/prison-id-photos-from-1915-194.html
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