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1954
GUSN-194077
Confronted with the problem of how to cover riots in the Charlestown Prison, which were taking place out of sight behind the walls, Reed spent time shooting the environs. Unable to tell the prisoners' story, he created a composition that celebrates the urban landscape while depicting the distance between him and his subject--the distant prison.
prisons (buildings)
urban landscapes
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC044
Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
PC044.TMP.033
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.
Item
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