Still Life - Killing Time (Hardcover, New)

Taken over the course of more than a year of exclusive access, this work applies large format still life photography to the context of a unique prison community, E Wing at Kingston Prison in Portsmouth. For eight years this was Britain's only wing dedicated to holding elderly lifers: murderers, rapists, paedophiles and other violent criminals aged from their late 50s to over 80 years old. "Still Life: Killing Time", is not simply a reportage about a particular prison. Elements of metaphor, abstraction and documentary explore the experience of long term incarceration and the passage of time, and touch on how ageing and physical decline affect the prison environment. The claustrophobia of these close up, deliberate and regular compositions reflects both the nature of the place and the experience of working in E Wing.The recurring motifs - bars, squares, boxes, grids - show the segmentation and ordering of time and space that is fundamental to prison life, while the details of the inmates' possessions, notice-boards, walls, tables and bedsides suggest their state of mind and how they adapt to long term incarceration and getting old in an institution.

General

Imprint:	Dewi Lewis Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Edmund Clark
Dimensions:	310 x 247 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	72
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-904587-53-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic portraits Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	1-904587-53-4
Barcode:	9781904587538

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