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Collection Artwork
A black and white photograph of a young, light-skinned man sitting facing the camera with his shirt-sleeves rolled up to his shoulders.
Artist
Deborah Luster (born Bend, Oregon, 1951)
Title
E.C.P.P.F. 1 (James Willis, Transylvania, Louisiana) [from One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana]
Creation date
1999
Materials
silver emulsion on aluminum
Dimensions
image size: 4 7/8 x 4 in.
aluminum size: 4 7/8 x 4 in.
Credit Line
The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum
Place of Creation
photographed at the East Carroll Parish Prison Farm (minimum-security prison for men), Transylvania, Louisiana, United States, North America
Accession Number
2015.1.414
Edition
4/25
Series
One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana
Object Type
Photographs
Marks
Etched, verso, center: E.C.P.P.F. / Transylvania, / Louisiana / James Willis / doc # • 394655 / dob • 7•27•77 / pob • Ruston
Etched, verso, lower left: photo 1999
Signed and numbered, verso, lower right: Deborah / Luster / 4/25

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Research on our collection is ongoing. If you have resources you’d like to share, please contact Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara.
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