“The Temple of the Sun with my daughter”—Frank (California)
July 8, 2019 10:23 PM   Subscribe

“I would like a photo of a cat sitting on a window ledge at dusk, with a beautiful background,” an inmate named Otis wrote, in 2013. Samantha, who is imprisoned in New York, asked for two images: one of Fenway Park and one of frogs, which she had liked to catch when she was young.
Doreen St. Felix writes for the New Yorker about (and provides a smattering of images from) Photo Requests From Solitary, an organization that creates photographs and images for prisoners.
posted by Going To Maine (2 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: get in touch with your edit, and we can fix it up -- taz



 
This appears to be missing the direct link to the article which is here.
posted by mrzarquon at 11:31 PM on July 8, 2019


O damn that's an insane screw up on my part, flagging this for deletion.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:37 PM on July 8, 2019


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