“Thank you for bringing light to this work - it’s so honest, so raw, so reflective.”
#InsideOut
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“Thank you for bringing light to this work - it’s so honest, so raw, so reflective.”
#InsideOut
#InternationalWomensDay is a time to celebrate the achievements of women worldwide. But it’s also a call to action — to challenge stereotypes, fight bias and push for true equality.
Today and every day, we honor the progress made and the work still ahead.
#IWD #TheMarchContinues
The female incarceration rate stands over six times as high as it was during my photography workshops in the 1980s #cjr
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“Inside Out” features many images reflecting community in carceral spaces in the 1980s, friendships that still matter today.
Thanks for this awesome article @wcp.bsky.social
Come by the gallery today, March 6, to see the show before it closes.
‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it
💯 Brutality for the sake of brutality.
Last week UVA's Cavalier Daily published an excellent story about our exhibition of African American portraits. A traveling version is making stops throughout the region. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
Let us know best address for sending you a copy!
Eye Street Gallery
200 I Street, SE, DC
Honoring the work of incarcerated photographers and catalog launch:
Thursday, March 5 at 6pm
“Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing”
Calvins’s wife spends a moment with his self-portrait at the exhibition, “Inside Out” @thedcarts.bsky.social
So wonderful to have you visit!
It was really great to visit this amazing exhibit in DC this week.
Go by and see it before March 6th to see one of the country's only collections of prison photography by incarcerated folks of their own community and environment.
dcarts.dc.gov/exhibitions/...
Today we had second graders visit “Inside Out,” they loved the darkroom and made portraits. @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social
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Had a great visit with @sentencingproject.bsky.social at “Inside Out” exhibition. So appreciate their work in the carceral space.
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Step inside the world of “Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing” - a groundbreaking exhibition that places power in the hands of incarcerated artists.
The Photographer https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-photographer-1942
Jesse Jackson was the template that showed what was possible. He ran for the highest office despite the odds and was eventually proven right. I remember his run through the eyes of a child and it was incredibly inspiring. Thank you sir and rest in peace.
DOJ sets up climate for more abuse in prisons:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lorton afternoon
#artsinprison
On this day in 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama, arrested seamstress and activist Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated city bus.
Lorton photographers documented community happenings around the prison, including the PAL program, people, animals, love.
“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i_m_not_going_to_give
Photography workshops at Lorton Prison radically changed who controlled the narrative of incarceration.
Photographed visiting the program in the mid-80s.
Photographer and social justice advocate Bernie Boston was a friend to the program and visited multiple times.
Check out an exhibition of his work at McLean Project of the Arts.
For your Monday:
Excellent plan. Interested to see what photos emerge.