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Panel Discussion: Architecture of Confinement

This panel considers incarceration from an architectural perspective and how photographers engage with prisons as omnipresent structures in the American landscape.

Panelists: Bruce Jackson, Stephen Tourlentes, and other speakers to be announced

This spring, Aperture magazine will release “Prison Nation,” addressing the unique role photography plays in creating a visual record of this national crisis. Organized with the scholar Nicole R. Fleetwood, this landmark issue will be accompanied by a related exhibition from February 7 through March 7, 2018, as well as a series of six public programs—featuring speakers such as Nigel Poor, Jamel Shabazz, Deborah Luster, Bruce Jackson, Jesse Krimes, Sable Elyse Smith, Joseph Rodriguez, and more—all to take place at Aperture Foundation’s gallery.

Click here to see the full list of Prison Nation programs.

Image caption: Stephen Tourlentes, Wyoming State Death House Prison, Rawlins, Wyoming, 2000; Courtesy the artist and Carroll and Sons, Boston











When: Wed., Mar. 7, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 W. 27th St., 4th Floor
212-505-5555
Price: This event is FREE and open to the public
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This panel considers incarceration from an architectural perspective and how photographers engage with prisons as omnipresent structures in the American landscape.

Panelists: Bruce Jackson, Stephen Tourlentes, and other speakers to be announced

This spring, Aperture magazine will release “Prison Nation,” addressing the unique role photography plays in creating a visual record of this national crisis. Organized with the scholar Nicole R. Fleetwood, this landmark issue will be accompanied by a related exhibition from February 7 through March 7, 2018, as well as a series of six public programs—featuring speakers such as Nigel Poor, Jamel Shabazz, Deborah Luster, Bruce Jackson, Jesse Krimes, Sable Elyse Smith, Joseph Rodriguez, and more—all to take place at Aperture Foundation’s gallery.

Click here to see the full list of Prison Nation programs.

Image caption: Stephen Tourlentes, Wyoming State Death House Prison, Rawlins, Wyoming, 2000; Courtesy the artist and Carroll and Sons, Boston

Buy tickets/get more info now