Steve Davis On Complexities and Contradictions When Making Images Inside Juvenile Prisons
“If a book can have a trailer, I guess this is sort of that,” wrote Steve Davis in his email this morning. Me Steve have a long history* but that in no way discredits what I am about to say. Whether I am biased or not (I am) this video absolute nails it. Why? The process […]
Steve Davis Prints: New Kickstarter Incentives
Untitled #1, by Steve Davis. From his ‘Captured Youth’ series. 8×10 on a 10×12 heavyweight archival paper, for $300. Signed. Special Edition of 4. Steve Davis is an old buddy. I shouldn’t have been surprised he quadrupled-down on the generosity. He’s kindly offered a selection of prints to sell in order to raise money for […]
Steve Davis visits the Old Montana Prison
Steve Davis was in Montana last month and sent me some photographs from his visit to Old Montana Prison in Deer Lodge. Davis’ foray goes into the annals of tourist photography from prison museums. Regarding prison museums, I have previously looked at the work of Roger Cremers, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Daniel Etter and Polaroids […]
Captured Youth: An Interview with Steve Davis. Part Two
This is a continuation from the Interview Part One, published Tuesday, 21st July, 2009. – – – – – PP: Tell us about the objectives of the workshops? SD: The purpose of the first workshop [at Maple Lane] was to create images that would describe what life was like. To treat the camera as a […]
Captured Youth: An Interview with Steve Davis. Part One
This is the first part of a two part interview. Part two was published on published Thursday, 23rd July, 2009. – – – – – You already know the work of Steve Davis, you just don’t know it. Prison Photography‘s most popular post was that of pinhole photographs made by the young ladies of Remann […]
Bryan Stevenson Is Fighting the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Of America’s Children
Anonymous. Pinhole photograph made by girls incarcerated at Remann Hall, WA, in a workshop facilitated by Steve Davis. On November 20, 1989, the United Nations passed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The treaty banned Juvenile Life Without Parole (JWLOP) and other harsh sentencing practices, such as trying children in adult courts. Along with Somalia […]
Prison Obscura Goes to Newspace, Portland, Ore.
For its seventh and final stop, Prison Obscura will be on show at Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon from April 1 to May 28. (Check out official Prison Obscura website and the PP “Prison Obscura” tag for the background and journeying of the exhibition.) I’ll be at Newspace for the opening next Friday night, April 1, 6–8pm. I’ll […]
‘Prison Obscura’ Opening and Installation Shots at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
EVERGREEN OPENING NIGHT, THURS 14TH JANUARY Prison Obscura opened at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington last Thursday. It is on show until March 2nd. Ryan Richardson, manager of the PhotoLab at the college, made these images. They were originally shared in this post by Evergreen. The Evergreen print shop did a stellar job with […]
