ON SHOW
Time is running out to see Prisoners of Age, a series of photographs and interviews with elderly inmates and corrections personnel conducted in prisons both in the United States and Canada from 1996 to 2004.
Presented by Brisbane Powerhouse and Ron Levine Photography, Prisoners of Age presents the stories of some of the most marginalised members of our society in their own words, revealing much of themselves. What we as a society decide to do about them reveals just as much of ourselves, say the people behind the project. And it’s their ambition to persuade a younger audience to avoid making the same mistakes that doomed so many of these inmates.
More than two million North Americans are now behind bars, an estimated 35 percent of them edging far past middle age.
The project has been exhibited at Alcatraz Penitentiary [2001 & 2006], The National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, [2002] the Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, [2002]. The Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin [2004], the Cirque du Soleil Headquarters in Montreal [2006] and Freemantle Prison [2010].
It runs at the Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm only until Monday 21 November.
