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Death Penalty Photography Documentary - Featured Galleries The Death Penalty Photography Documentary Project is an eight-year product of exploring capital punishment through the photographer's lens. It was birthed from a college art project to creatively address a human rights issue, and started with a few photos from an execution vigil in Huntsville, Texas. The original project has since grown into an internationally shown exhibit consisting of over 800 images - making it the largest, most varied known collection of photos about the death penalty in the United States' modern era. This work-in-progress highlights Scott Langley's efforts as a photojournalist and a human rights activist - bringing together the unique combination of art, journalism and education into one powerful project. The exhibit has been exhibited by Amnesty International in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Raleigh, Germany, Denmark, at Harvard and Cornell Universities, and in print and video media across the world. [ more ]The following gallery links are roughly organized into categories for convenience. Some links repeat due to overlapping topics. If you are looking for a specific photo, you might try looking in different categories to find it (for example, a particular person may have appeared at multiple events listed here). Feel free to contact Scott for any assistance or special requests. MOST REQUESTED IMAGES (links not available from thumbnails at the moment)
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VIDEO FROM AN EXECUTION CHAMBER { NEW! } The warden of North Carolina's Central Prison (Marvin Polk) narrates the preparation and final hours before a state execution in Raleigh, where the execution facilities are located. A second, shorter version details the role of doctors in state executions. Both videos include footage from a prison tour of the death house. View videos here. COMPLETE INDEX OF PHOTO GALLERIES Texas Photo Documentaries The Texas Death House & Prison Cemetery - Huntsville, TX (14 photos) Protests and Arrests before Gary Graham's Execution - Austin, TX (24 photos) Execution of Gary Graham - Huntsville, TX (11 photos) On the Road to Texas's Death Row - Livingston, TX (4 photos) March Against Executions and George Bush - Austin, TX (10 photos) March Against Executions - Austin, TX (57 photos) The Routier Family - Darlie on Death Row - North Texas (8 photos) North Carolina Demonstrations and Events Inside North Carolina's Execution Facilities - Central Prison, Raleigh, NC (44 photos) Civil Disobedience and Arrests during Executions - Raleigh, NC (43 photos) Judge Stays Two Executions - Courtroom Scenes - Raleigh, NC (10 photos) Steven McHone Execution Vigil - Raleigh, NC (44 photos) The 1000th U.S. Execution of Kenneth Boyd - Raleigh, NC (54 photos) Patrick Moody's Execution Vigil - Raleigh, NC (9 photos) Samuel Flippen's Execution Vigil - Raleigh, NC (30 photos) Other NC Vigils and Demonstrations - Raleigh, NC (12 photos) Torture and Execution Vigil - Raleigh, NC (10 photos) Execution Demonstrations and Vigils Execution #648 of Gary Graham - Huntsville, TX (11 photos) Execution #717 of Timothy McVeigh - Terre Haute, IN (27 photos) Execution #994 of Steven McHone - Raleigh, NC (44 photos) Execution #1000 of Kenneth Boyd - Raleigh, NC (54 photos) Execution #1014 of Patrick Moody - Raleigh, NC (9 photos) Execution #1041 of Samuel Flippen - Raleigh, NC (30 photos) General Prison and Execution Documentaries Prison and Cell Images - San Francisco, CA (33 photos) Death Penalty Photos from Europe - Germany, Italy & France (36 photos) Depictions of 6 Methods of Execution - United States & Europe (12 photos) San Quentin Prison - Bay Area, CA (7 photos) Outside of Alabama's Death Row - Atmore, AL (2 photos) Courtroom Scenes from a Death Penalty Trial - Wake County, NC (2 photos) Death Row Families and Exonerated Prisoners The Exonerated from Death Row - photos from around the country (11 photos) Death Row Exoneree Shujaa Graham - Washington, DC (14 photos) No Silence, No Shame - Families of the Executed - Austin, TX (30 photos) Mother's Day - Moms with sons on Death Row - Raleigh, NC (10 photos) Massachusetts Demonstrations and Events Massachusetts Protests against Reinstatement - Boston, MA (22 photos) Protests against the Federal Death Penalty - Boston, MA (26 photos) March to Commemorate Sacco and Vanzetti's Execution - Boston, MA (34 photos) MCADPs Program on the Sacco and Vanzetti 80th Execution Anniversary - Boston, MA (16 photos) Reinstatement Hearing - October 2007 - Boston, MA (11 photos) Federal Death Penalty and Executions 82 Mile March to Stop Federal Executions - across Indiana (27 photos) Execution of Timothy McVeigh - Terre Haute, IN (27 photos) Protests Against the Federal Death Penalty - Boston, MA (26 photos) Faith and Religious Good Friday Pilgrimage to Death Rows - Raleigh, NC (16 photos) "Faith in Action" - marches in Austin, Texas and Raleigh, NC (9 photos) Fast and Vigil at the Supreme Court Fast and Vigil '04 - U.S. Supreme Court - Washington, DC (7 photos) Fast and Vigil '05 - U.S. Supreme Court - Washington, DC (59 photos) Fast and Vigil '06 - U.S. Supreme Court - Washington, DC (90 photos) |
Galleries last updated on November 26, 2007
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