Deborah Luster

East Carroll Parish Prison Farm #5, Transylvania, Louisiana

1998

A young man wearing a baseball cap and cross necklace blows smoke from his mouth.

A young man wearing a baseball cap and cross necklace blows smoke from his mouth.

Not on view

Date
1998

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Photographic emulsion on aluminum with varnish

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 4 in. (12.5 × 10.2 cm)

Accession number
2004.22.8

Edition
3/25

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/20960

Part of a series:
One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana
12 works

Young person with face paint wearing tall striped hat and matching striped outfit sitting with hands clasped.

Woman with curly hair wearing a sleeveless dress showing a "PAT" chest tattoo and floral arm tattoo.

Close-up portrait of an older man with textured skin wearing a light shirt and looking at the camera.

A seated woman in scrubs gestures with one open hand while looking toward the camera.

A shirtless man stands looking down with his hands at his sides, wearing jeans and wristbands.

A tattooed hand wearing a wristband holds a small black-and-white school portrait of a smiling boy.

A woman in a chef's hat and coat looking thoughtful, with a small neck tattoo.

A woman with arched eyebrows and a white hair clip looks directly at the camera.

A seated man in a denim jacket and hoodie looks directly at the camera with hands resting.

Close-up of a man pulling down his lower lip to show missing and darkened teeth.

Exhibitions

Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection

Feb 7–May 23, 2004

Deborah Luster
12 works in the collection, 1 exhibition

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