Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Woman Inmate, Women's Colorado Correctional Institute, Cañon City
- Gelatin Silver Print
- 4.5 x 6.5 in
- Charles McNamara
A black and white portrait of an African-American woman crying, her left hand held against her face.
From "The Joint" Collection photographed at the Colorado State Penitentiary in 1974.
The Joint is inmate slang for prison. In December 1974 I was granted unlimited access to the Maximum and Medium Security Prisons at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City to shoot this documentary.
- Subject Matter: Portrait, People, Interior, Women, Prison, Documentary
- Inventory Number: 186-123
- Current Location: CS.R2.SH2.B16
- Collections: Charles McNamara
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