Stephen Shakeshaft is my New Hero
Sister Marina, Walton Prison. Copyright Liverpool Daily Post and Echo About the photo: “I photographed Sister Marina visiting Walton Prison. Her smile and compassion were for all – she was there to comfort those who needed her faith, solace, prayers and hope.”

Alcatraz means Pelican
The first Spaniard to discover the island was Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who charted San Francisco Bay and named the island “La Isla de los Alcatraces,” which translates as “The Island of the Pelicans,” from the archaic Spanish alcatraz, “pelican”, a word which was borrowed originally from Arabic: al-qaṭrās, meaning sea eagle. Source

Picture Black Friday
You have from November 29th until December 6th to submit your photos for this photo-community event/competition. Picture Black Friday will feature the chosen images at Conscientious and

Sighting Prisons and Prison Sites
Aurora Detention Facility, Aurora, Colorado, Google Earth Screenshot POSITIONING PRISONS IN SPACE AND IN OUR MINDS One of the main stated goals of Prison Photography is to bring visual documents of prisons in America and abroa

40th Anniversary of the Alcatraz Indian Occupation: An Interview with Ilka Hartmann
Belva Cottier and a young Chicano man during the Occupation of Alcatraz Island, May 31, 1970. Photo: © 2009 Ilka Hartmann Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the start of the Indian Occupation of Alcatraz, an action that lasted over eighteen months until June 11th 1971. Photographic documents of the time are sur