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A black and white photograph of an inmate sleeping in bed with pornographic photographs and posters tapped across the walls.

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From Colorado Photographic Arts Center

  1. Imogen Cunningham & Twinka at Yosemite, California by Judy Dater, Image 1.

    Judy Dater

    Imogen Cunningham & Twinka at Yosemite, California, 1974

    Gelatin Silver Print

    20 x 16 in (paper)

  2. Inmate, Medium Security Dormitory, Cañon City by Charles McNamara, Image 1.

    Charles McNamara

    Inmate, Medium Security Dormitory, Cañon City, 1974

    Gelatin Silver Print

    4.5 x 6.5 in

  3. Inmate and Guard, Death Row, Cell House #3 Cañon City by Charles McNamara, Image 1.

    Charles McNamara

    Inmate and Guard, Death Row, Cell House #3 Cañon City, 1974

    Gelatin Silver Print

    4.5 x 6.5 in

  4. Inmates by Charles McNamara, Image 1.

    Charles McNamara

    Inmates, 1974

    Gelatin Silver Print

    4.5 x 6.5 in

  5. Indiana Avenue School, Atlantic City, New Jersey by Wendel White, Image 1.

    Wendel White

    Indiana Avenue School, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    Pigment Inkjet Print

    13.3 x 20 in

  6. Infant by Fink Bros., Image 1.

    Fink Bros.

    Infant

    Albumen

    5.5 x 3.75 in

  7. Infant by J. H. Reuvers, Image 1.

    J. H. Reuvers

    Infant, 19th Century

    Carte de Visite

    3.75 x 2.25 in

  8. Inside a Cathedral in Kiev by Norman Cousins, Image 1.

    Norman Cousins

    Inside a Cathedral in Kiev

    Black and White photograph

    10.75 x 13.5 in

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About the artist

Charles McNamara

From "The Joint" Collection photographed at the Colorado State Penitentiary in 1974.

The Joint is inmate slang for prison. In December 1974 McNamara was granted unlimited access to the Maximum and Medium Security Prisons at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City to shoot this documentary.