Two brothers in a Wandsworth prison
Photograph
1982 (photographed)
1982 (photographed)
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| Place of origin |
Black and white photograph of two black men sitting on adjacent beds in a whitewashed prison cell.
Object details
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| Title | Two brothers in a Wandsworth prison (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Two brothers in a Wandsworth prison, gelatin-silver print by Patrick Ward, 1982, part of the New Society/The Other Britain collection, gift of Paul Barker |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph of two black men sitting on adjacent beds in a whitewashed prison cell. |
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| Credit line | Given by Paul Barker |
| Historical context | Patrick Ward has been a reportage photographer since the early 1960s. New Society was an early client, along with the Sunday Time Magazine, Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, and French and German 'Geos'. |
| Production | The photograph was the result of a commission by New Society magazine Attribution note: Shot by available light with a Leica camera. Processed and printed by Gerry Grove at Grove Hardy. |
| Bibliographic reference | A very similar image to this of the two brothers standing up in their cell reproduced as the cover to New Society, 30 September 1982. More photographs by Patrick Ward from the same shoot illustrate the article 'The racial numbers game in our prisons: The proportion of blacks - and especially West Indians - is rising explosively. Martin Kettle reports.' pp.535-537. This image does not appear in the magazine. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.65-2006 |
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| Record created | April 24, 2008 |
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