Lorton Photography Project
banner
ild1985.bsky.social
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.
Lorton afternoon
#artsinprison
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lorton photographers documented community happenings around the prison, including the PAL program, people, animals, love.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Photography workshops at Lorton Prison radically changed who controlled the narrative of incarceration.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 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.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 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
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What we do: resist, organize + vote #nokings #freedc
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Love America ❌👑
#freedc
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Who gets to tell the story?
#massincarceration
October 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
October 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Grateful to have seen “Photography and the Black Arts Movement” before the National Gallery of Art closure due to government shutdown.
October 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reviewing contact sheets
#artsinprison
September 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You can’t edit history
@zinnedproject.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The #carceral system is a deadly place and is getting worse.
#NationalSuicidePreventionMonth
September 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
End of summer joy,
Family Day at Lorton Prison in the early days of #massincarceration
August 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A day of conversation and connection #whereidomytime #productionstill
July 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Summertime #lortonprison
©️photochangellc
July 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Vivian Brown’s paintings are bold and unforgettable, check out the first major museum retrospective of her work at the Phillips Collection, “My Kind of Protest.”
July 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Thanks Andy. So important for those outside the mainstream to share their stories.
June 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hopeful with the data suggesting prison population is now starting to decline #criminaljusticereform
📷 ©️photochangellc
June 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Portrait lighting workshop #artsinprison
#whereidomytime
June 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
June 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Lorton Photography Workshop images continue to shape our stories about what it means to be justice involved.
#artsinprison
June 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Critical conversations about the rewards and challenges of #carceral image making
@silverthorne02.bsky.social
@ruckmanphoto.bsky.social
@jacksonartcenter.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Check out our #photographs @jacksonartcenter.bsky.social Sunday, noon to 4pm
3050 R St, NW, DC
#carceraljustice
April 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM