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This is what the invitation looked like in January 1986 for an exhibition of incarcerated individuals photographs from within Lorton Maximum Security Prison in Fairfax, VA. "I was proud of my work," said David Mitchell El, a participant in the rehabilitative photography program. ©photochangellc, 2016 #blackandwhite #photography #exhibit #prisonphotography #prisonindustry #rehabilitation #inlortonsdarkroom #documentary #documentaryfilm #documentaryphotos #documentaryphotography #1986 #lorton #dc

Photo by incarcerated individual, and graduate of the photography program, Joseph Sweat. Taken 1981 at Lorton Central Correctional Facility. ©photochangellc, 2016
 #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #blackandwhite #photography #exhibit #prisonphotography #prisonindustry #rehabilitation #inlortonsdarkroom #documentary #documentaryfilm #documentaryphotos #documentaryphotography #1986 #lorton #dc

The Yard | Lorton Prison © photochangellc 2017 Basketball, laundry and hanging out at Central, one of multiple facilities at the Lorton Prison complex. #photographyworkshop #rehabilitation #1980s #prisonphotography #everydayincarceration #80s #35mm #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #filmisnotdead #dcstoriesmatter #documentaryfilm #docshort #lortonprison #lortonva #acreativedc #inlortonsdarkroom #artsprogramming #shootfilm #basketballislife #basketball #laundry #prisonindustry #prisonindustrialcomplex #cjreform #washingtondc

"The darkroom at Lorton was a place you could be alone without being lonely," said Alonzo Davis, a former incarcerated individual at Lorton Maximum Security Prison. Alonzo was speaking of the unique existence of a darkroom for a rehabilitative photography program within the prison, which helped give some of the men the tranquil space they needed to reflect. Learn more about the darkroom at Lorton by checking out our short documentary, In Lorton's Darkroom as it makes its way to festivals in the coming months. ©photochangellc, 2016 #blackandwhite #photography #exhibit #prisonphotography #prisonindustry #rehabilitation #inlortonsdarkroom #documentary #documentaryfilm #documentaryphotos #documentaryphotography #1986#lorton #dc

"Prison Exposure" by Robert Neese, first photographs inside prison by a convict, 1959. #prisonphotography #prison #Iowa #IowaStatePrison #prisonreform #film #blackandwhitephotography #endmassincarceration #shootfilmnotbullets #nowalls #prisonindustry #documentaryphotography

We are so thrilled to be screening at the Richmond International Film Festival next month! Q&A after with filmmmakers and cast. . . . #rva #riff #richmondfilmfestival #richmond #blackandwhite #photography #exhibit #prisonphotography #prisonindustry #rehabilitation #inlortonsdarkroom #documentary #documentaryfilm #documentaryphotography #lorton #dc #filmisnotdead #film #kodak #pentax #80s #dc #washingtondc #virginia #lorton #lortonva #expressions #art #program #family #connection #power

Even though this clip is short, show I struggle that black women have when they have been assault or violated by a black man. There is a fight that starts in the mind of a black woman to think about herself and the violence towards her and think about how the justice and prison institution do to people of color. This makes me reflect on Katherine McKittrick’s work, Stay Human, and how there are limited black women geographies are to be safe.

Threats to the Prison business prison #prisonindustry #needprisoners to function #slavery #prisonindustrialcomplex