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Entering Prison
Entering Prison

Entering Prison

Artist (American, born 1942)
Date1968, printed 2011
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage area: 13 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. (33.2 x 22.2 cm) 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (35.4 x 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter and Susan Chatzky
Object number2022.0061
Copyright© Danny Lyon
Entering prison, seven years and Life
Entering prison, seven years and Life
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Cotton picker; ten years, robbery and assault
Cotton picker; ten years, robbery and assault
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Billy McCune at the Wynne Treatment Center
Billy McCune at the Wynne Treatment Center
Danny Lyon
1969, printed 2011
Eddie, the Mexican worker from Chihauhau who built my house, with Stephanie in Llanito, New Mexico
Eddie, the Mexican worker from Chihauhau who built my house, with Stephanie in Llanito, New Mexico
Danny Lyon
1970, printed 2014
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Water boy
Water boy
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Four years, burglary
Four years, burglary
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Shakedown (strip search of several prisoners, outdoors)
Shakedown (strip search of several prisoners, outdoors)
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Main corridor
Main corridor
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Convict shouting during a shakedown
Convict shouting during a shakedown
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Prison tattoos
Prison tattoos
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011
Two convicts
Two convicts
Danny Lyon
1968, printed 2011