Growth and Death in the Prison
And while this has been great to see, this comes on the heels of finding out that one of the guys I had spent time with in CPTU hung himself in his cell two weeks ago.
Author Archives: Jenn Ackerman
Back in Prison
Yesterday was my first day back as a photographer in the Kentucky State Reformatory. After spending 10 days photographing the project this past winter, I decided to return to the prison to expand on Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons. For those who have not seen the beginning of the project, you can find it [...]
Trapped: Questions Answered.
Thank you all for your support, emails and comments. I have had received a lot of emails about my project, Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons, with similar questions so I decided to answer them here. Today, I am going to answer the questions about the project but I have also received a lot of [...]
Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons
Here is my latest project – Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons. What started out as an assignment for school has produced a piece that has changed my life and hopefully will do the same for the people that view it. That was my hope when producing it at least. Ten weeks ago, we (my [...]
Happy Holidays From the Beach
Here is a little holiday greeting from the beaches of North Carolina where me and Tim are enjoying our winter break and as you will see putting up our Christmas tree.
The First Snow.
… well flurries. It is amazing what you get to experience at 230 in the morning. In grad school this is a regular occurrence but and recently it is the norm. Tonight, however, I embraced it. There is something about the middle of the night that heightens your senses. “I feel like its snowing,” I [...]
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
I have started a story on grandparents raising their grandchildren. In Ohio, about 1 in 12 children are raised by their grandparents. Lester was raised by his grandparents and is now raising his nine-year-old grandson. Here are some images from the first day I went to their home.
Hiking in Salt Lake – Lake Blanche Trail
After work yesterday, I wanted to find some mountain goats for Tim. I was hoping to send some photos of them to him last night. I had heard that there are mountain goats at the entrance to Little Cottonwood Canyon, but this night there were none. I think this was because I took a wrong [...]
What is Documentary Photography?
The first question I asked when trying to define documentary photography was what is the difference between documentary photography and photography in its broadest term? Aren’t all photographs visually documenting something? Aren’t all photographs visual explorations and visual expressions? Other than commercial, when does a photograph begin to fit into the documentary category? Documentary in [...]