The magazine of the art-form of the photo-essay
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Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
Nov 2014 back issue
by Pietro Basoccu
The project is set in an Italian prison with the aim of opening a window into the prison world. Through this set of
images one can stop and look inside to see a reality, too often forgotten, made up of a loss of freedom and suffering.
Entry into the prison and a guard.
Arrival of a new inmate.
Exercise.
Greetings to the photographer.
A moment of dispair.
A group of inmates.
A letter from home.
Sport.
Prison infirmary.
Peephole.
Mealtime.
Portrait posing.
A moment of prayer.
Three prisoners having a shower.
Mass on Sunday.
Visiting time.
Prison work.
Learning to be free.
Shadows on the walls of the courtyard of the jail.
