The pain of others: photographs, the prison and suffering

Maryse Tennant

The pain of others: photographs, the prison and suffering

Maryse Tennant

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Abstract

This paper explores the use of mugshots in prison museums and considers this from an ethical perspective. Drawing on work by authors such as Susan Sontag, John Tagg and Erving Goffman it argues that mugshots are images of suffering but they fail to recognised as such. Our failure to view these images in that way is reflective of wider failings to recognise the harm and suffering of incarceration.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Prison Photography Reframed: Object and Method - Duration: 11 May 2018 → …

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Conference	Prison Photography Reframed: Object and Method
Period	11/05/18 → …

Keywords

Prison heritage; photography; imprisonment; critical criminology; Susan Sontag

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The pain of others: photographs, the prison and suffering

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