Lorton Photography Project
@ild1985.bsky.social
The story of DC residents who transform their prison experience while participating in a photography program.
All images copyright PhotoChangeLLC.
All images copyright PhotoChangeLLC.
DOJ sets up climate for more abuse in prisons:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons
Memo says the policy shift, which advocates call ‘reckless’, was designed to align with one of Trump’s anti-trans orders
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
DOJ sets up climate for more abuse in prisons:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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On this day in 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama, arrested seamstress and activist Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated city bus.
Dec. 1, 1955 | Police Arrest Rosa Parks for Violating Bus Segregation Laws in Alabama
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama, arrested seamstress and activist Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated city bus.
Lorton photographers documented community happenings around the prison, including the PAL program, people, animals, love.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lorton photographers documented community happenings around the prison, including the PAL program, people, animals, love.
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“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i_m_not_going_to_give
Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More
www.democracynow.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i_m_not_going_to_give
Photography workshops at Lorton Prison radically changed who controlled the narrative of incarceration.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Photography workshops at Lorton Prison radically changed who controlled the narrative of incarceration.
Photographer and social justice advocate Bernie Boston was a friend to the program and visited multiple times.
Check out an exhibition of his work at McLean Project of the Arts.
Check out an exhibition of his work at McLean Project of the Arts.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Photographer and social justice advocate Bernie Boston was a friend to the program and visited multiple times.
Check out an exhibition of his work at McLean Project of the Arts.
Check out an exhibition of his work at McLean Project of the Arts.
For your Monday:
They were very poor http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78552
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For your Monday:
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Thelma Golden opened the floodgates for a generation of Black artists to just be themselves. Now, ahead of the Studio Museum’s reopening, the director speaks about shouldering the weight artreview.com/the-intervie...
The Interview: Thelma Golden
Golden opened the floodgates for a generation of Black artists to just be themselves. Now, ahead of the Studio Museum’s reopening, the director speaks about shouldering the weight
artreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thelma Golden opened the floodgates for a generation of Black artists to just be themselves. Now, ahead of the Studio Museum’s reopening, the director speaks about shouldering the weight artreview.com/the-intervie...
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They were very poor http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78552
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
They were very poor http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78552
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New PROCSSS newsletter: “I was at Work (While a lot of people were in art school)”.
I share memories and early work from my days working at Kinkos back in 2002. I had no safety net so I had to figure a way out to get to my dream of being a creative professional.
www.nonstndrd.com/i-was-at-work/
I share memories and early work from my days working at Kinkos back in 2002. I had no safety net so I had to figure a way out to get to my dream of being a creative professional.
www.nonstndrd.com/i-was-at-work/
I was at work...
While a lot of people were in art school.
www.nonstndrd.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
New PROCSSS newsletter: “I was at Work (While a lot of people were in art school)”.
I share memories and early work from my days working at Kinkos back in 2002. I had no safety net so I had to figure a way out to get to my dream of being a creative professional.
www.nonstndrd.com/i-was-at-work/
I share memories and early work from my days working at Kinkos back in 2002. I had no safety net so I had to figure a way out to get to my dream of being a creative professional.
www.nonstndrd.com/i-was-at-work/
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Thrilled to be curating a Social Justice Arts Exhibition with Vikki Tobak and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The exhibit will feature archival photos by @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social and @ild1985.bsky.social
The exhibit will feature archival photos by @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social and @ild1985.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thrilled to be curating a Social Justice Arts Exhibition with Vikki Tobak and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The exhibit will feature archival photos by @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social and @ild1985.bsky.social
The exhibit will feature archival photos by @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social and @ild1985.bsky.social
Music that speaks truth.
youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PublicEnemyVEVO
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Music that speaks truth.
youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3...
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🎃 On this day of reflection and tradition, we’re reminded that the real challenges our communities face aren’t seasonal—they’re systemic. Together, we can end the harms of mass incarceration and build a future grounded in justice.
👉 jlusa.org/donate
#Halloween #JLUSAstrong #JusticeForAll
👉 jlusa.org/donate
#Halloween #JLUSAstrong #JusticeForAll
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🎃 On this day of reflection and tradition, we’re reminded that the real challenges our communities face aren’t seasonal—they’re systemic. Together, we can end the harms of mass incarceration and build a future grounded in justice.
👉 jlusa.org/donate
#Halloween #JLUSAstrong #JusticeForAll
👉 jlusa.org/donate
#Halloween #JLUSAstrong #JusticeForAll
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In the U.S., we use prisoners as a source of income for the powerful, because our prison system originated with our chattel slavery system. This rate increase approval is the intentional result of that system, fought for by sheriffs and wardens and state legislators and huge corporations.
Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In the U.S., we use prisoners as a source of income for the powerful, because our prison system originated with our chattel slavery system. This rate increase approval is the intentional result of that system, fought for by sheriffs and wardens and state legislators and huge corporations.
Chuck Kennedy will be giving an Artist talk at the Jackson Art Center on November 16 at 3pm.
Chuck co-taught photography at Lorton Prison during the early days of his career!
@chuckkennedydc.bsky.social
@jacksonartcenter.bsky.social
Chuck co-taught photography at Lorton Prison during the early days of his career!
@chuckkennedydc.bsky.social
@jacksonartcenter.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Chuck Kennedy will be giving an Artist talk at the Jackson Art Center on November 16 at 3pm.
Chuck co-taught photography at Lorton Prison during the early days of his career!
@chuckkennedydc.bsky.social
@jacksonartcenter.bsky.social
Chuck co-taught photography at Lorton Prison during the early days of his career!
@chuckkennedydc.bsky.social
@jacksonartcenter.bsky.social
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"We've always used art and culture as a way to imagine something different."
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"We've always used art and culture as a way to imagine something different."
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
Patrisse Cullors reminds us, collective, joyful expression is pivotal to combatting fear-based narratives that divide us all. Hear more insights from Patrisse on our full #CWA25 kickstarter video.
bit.ly/CWA25Video
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In 2024, four million Americans were banned from voting due to a felony conviction. We're committed to expanding voting rights in every state & working with state partners to provide specific data on state felony disenfranchisement. bit.ly/3kGns8t
www.sentencingproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 2024, four million Americans were banned from voting due to a felony conviction. We're committed to expanding voting rights in every state & working with state partners to provide specific data on state felony disenfranchisement. bit.ly/3kGns8t
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This is us — the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project. Check out the cool video. And come to our launch party tomorrow. 👇🏽
‘Visions of Progress’ catalog showcases African American portraits in central Virginia’s history >>>
https://www.29news.com/2025/10/24/visions-progress-catalog-showcases-african-american-portraits-central-virginias-history/
https://www.29news.com/2025/10/24/visions-progress-catalog-showcases-african-american-portraits-central-virginias-history/
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is us — the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project. Check out the cool video. And come to our launch party tomorrow. 👇🏽
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Catalog launch! Great photography! Free books! Tomorrow! Watch all about it! www.29news.com/2025/10/24/v...
‘Visions of Progress’ catalog showcases African American portraits in central Virginia’s history
Holsinger Studio Portrait Project is launching its ‘Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style, and Racial Uplift’ catalog.
www.29news.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Catalog launch! Great photography! Free books! Tomorrow! Watch all about it! www.29news.com/2025/10/24/v...
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Part of a thread on who's funding Trump's vandalism of the White House. Worth keeping in mind when it comes to spending your money. But, damn, shitty corporations are virtually impossible to avoid.
Alphabet
Altria
Amazon
Apple
Blackstone
Booz Allen Hamilton
Carrier
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast
Google
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta
Microsoft
New York Jets
OpenAI
Palantir
Reynolds American
Ripple
Roblox
T-Mobile
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
Altria
Amazon
Apple
Blackstone
Booz Allen Hamilton
Carrier
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta
Microsoft
New York Jets
OpenAI
Palantir
Reynolds American
Ripple
Roblox
T-Mobile
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Part of a thread on who's funding Trump's vandalism of the White House. Worth keeping in mind when it comes to spending your money. But, damn, shitty corporations are virtually impossible to avoid.
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Can we get the jewel thieves to do a little work on the Files?
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Can we get the jewel thieves to do a little work on the Files?
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More people have died this year in immigration detention than any other year in decades.
The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.
The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.
ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount
Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
More people have died this year in immigration detention than any other year in decades.
The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.
The best way to prevent abuse and deaths in ICE custody is for Congress to stop funding the ICE detention machine.
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Howard University’s Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival: Gordon Parks and Black Religious Life is the first exhibit devoted to Gordon Parks’ images of Black American religious and spiritual life.
Contributor Coley Gray talks with curator Dr. Melanee C. Harvey:
Contributor Coley Gray talks with curator Dr. Melanee C. Harvey:
Gordon Parks’ Photography Continues to Inspire Activism and Human Connection
Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival is the first exhibit substantially devoted to Gordon Parks’ images of Black American spiritual life.
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Howard University’s Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival: Gordon Parks and Black Religious Life is the first exhibit devoted to Gordon Parks’ images of Black American religious and spiritual life.
Contributor Coley Gray talks with curator Dr. Melanee C. Harvey:
Contributor Coley Gray talks with curator Dr. Melanee C. Harvey:
Thinking today about the legendary photographer Anthony Barboza and his striking work.
photographyfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2025/01/anth...
photographyfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2025/01/anth...
Anthony Barboza: The Visionary Documentary Photographer Who Redefined How We See the World
Discover how Anthony Barboza, a trailblazing documentary photographer, transformed photography with his unique perspective and tools.
photographyfieldnotes.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Thinking today about the legendary photographer Anthony Barboza and his striking work.
photographyfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2025/01/anth...
photographyfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2025/01/anth...