Conversations with the Dead
'Conversaciones Con Los Muertos' es una serie fotográfica (y libro) de Danny Lyon sobre la vida cotidiana de los prisioneros en varias cárceles tejanas, realizado a finales de los 60s. Pasó catorce meses con permiso para fotografiar y entrar o salir de ellas a cualquier hora del día. Casualmente el trabajo fue utilizado un tiempo después como evidencia por el Departamento de Justicia estadounidense en un proceso contra las condiciones del sistema penitenciario y el fotógrafo fue llamado como testigo, lo que obviamente le valió reproches de las mismas autoridades que le permitieron y facilitaron realizarlo. También sirvió para ayudar a un prisionero cuyas cartas fueron publicadas en el libro junto a las fotografías. Más imágenes en Scott Nichols Gallery.
'Conversations With The Dead' is a photographic report (and a book) by Danny Lyon produced at the end of the 60s for wich he portrayed daily life in seven prisons in Texas, where he was given a guard ID to move freely any time of the day. This work was later used by U.S. Justice Department as evidence in a trial against Texas Prison System and Lyon testified in it too, something that was obviously not well received by the same authorities that allowed the project. It also helped a prisoner whose letters were published in the book.
'Conversations With The Dead' is a photographic report (and a book) by Danny Lyon produced at the end of the 60s for wich he portrayed daily life in seven prisons in Texas, where he was given a guard ID to move freely any time of the day. This work was later used by U.S. Justice Department as evidence in a trial against Texas Prison System and Lyon testified in it too, something that was obviously not well received by the same authorities that allowed the project. It also helped a prisoner whose letters were published in the book.
