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Nigel Poor: The San Quentin Project
The breadth of prison life and those who live it
In 2011, Nigel Poor–artist, educator, and cocreator of the acclaimed podcast Ear Hustle–began teaching a history of photography class through the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison.
Neither books nor cameras were allowed into the facility, so an unorthodox course with a range of inventivemapping exercises ensued: students crafted “verbal photographs” of memories for which they had no visual documentation, and annotated iconic images from different artists. After the first semester, Poor says, “one student told me he could now see fascination everywhere in San Quentin.”
From the banal to the brutal, to distinct moments of respite, the pictures in this archive gave those who were involved in the project the opportunity to share their stories and reflections on incarceration.
Explore this archive of the state which is now being used to teach visual literacy and process the experience of incarceration. Available now at MENDO.