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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Seven years flat on a twenty-year sentence
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Seven years flat on a twenty-year sentence

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
Date1968-1969
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/16 × 12 in. (20.5 × 30.5 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
Object number2006.18.7
Terms
  • Prison
  • Prisoner
  • Prison cell
  • Kitten
  • Black
  • White
  • Gray
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a black and white, silver gelatin print of a prisoner standing in the doorway of his cell and holding a kitten. His cell has various things hanging on the wall including a cabinet and a television.