Feb. 21, 2013 at 3:38am with 2 notes
Paradise Backdrops Turn Prison Walls Into Fantasy Escapes “My act as a photographer is not from behind the lens but as a collector of images,” says Alyse Emdur. “I see myself as a mediator. These are people who have had no relationship with the outside world so while Prison Landscapes might be a very small gesture, the people who chose to be involved in this project want to be seen; they have their own agency. They want the outside world to know they aren’t the criminals they are stereotyped as.”

Paradise Backdrops Turn Prison Walls Into Fantasy Escapes

“My act as a photographer is not from behind the lens but as a collector of images,” says Alyse Emdur. “I see myself as a mediator. These are people who have had no relationship with the outside world so while Prison Landscapes might be a very small gesture, the people who chose to be involved in this project want to be seen; they have their own agency. They want the outside world to know they aren’t the criminals they are stereotyped as.”

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