E.C.P.P.F. 40 (Zack K. Oakes, Transylvania, Louisiana) [from One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana]

Collection Artwork

Artist

Deborah Luster (born Bend, Oregon, 1951)

Title

E.C.P.P.F. 40 (Zack K. Oakes, Transylvania, Louisiana) [from One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana]

Creation date

1998

Materials

silver emulsion on aluminum

Dimensions

image size: 5 x 4 in.
image size: 5 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 (minium-security prison for men), Transylvania, Louisiana, United States, North America

Accession Number

2020.31.168

Edition

16/25

Series

One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Etched, verso, upper center: E.C.P.P.F / Transylvania, / Louisiana / Zack K. Oakes / dob 9•20•73 / pob Shreveport / Sentence 5 years
Etched, verso, upper right: 40
Etched, verso, lower left: photo 1998
Signed and numbered, verso, lower right: Deborah Luster 16/25

Zack K. Oakes was serving a five-year sentence when Deborah Luster took this photograph at the East Carroll Parish Prison Farm, in northeast Louisiana, as part of her series intended to humanize prisoners and make them more visible.

From the exhibition: Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy (July 9 – December 18, 2022)

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