{"product_id":"the-san-quentin-project-9781597114929","title":"The San Quentin Project","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe San Quentin Project\u003c\/i\u003e collects a largely unseen visual record of daily life inside one of America's oldest and largest prisons, demonstrating how this archive of the state is now being used to teach visual literacy and process the experience of incarceration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 2011, Nigel Poor--artist, educator, and cocreator of the acclaimed podcast \u003ci\u003eEar Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e--began teaching a history of photography class through the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison. Neither books nor cameras were allowed into the facility, so an unorthodox course with a range of inventivemapping exercises ensued: students crafted \"verbal photographs\" of memories for which they had no visual documentation, and annotated iconic images from different artists. After the first semester, Poor says, \"one student told me he could now see fascination everywhere in San Quentin.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Poor received access to thousands of negatives in the prison's archive, made by corrections officers of a former era, these images of San Quentin's everyday occurrences soon became launchpads for her students' keen observations. From the banal to the brutal, to distinct moments of respite, the pictures in this archive gave those who were involved in the project the opportunity to share their stories and reflections on incarceration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoor, Nigel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNigel Poor\u003c\/b\u003e (born in Boston, 1963) is a San Francisco Bay Area-based visual artist and professor of photography at California State University, Sacramento. In 2017, Poor cocreated the podcast \u003ci\u003eEar Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e with Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, who were both incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison at the time. Her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Spring 2018 issue, \"Prison Nation,\" and in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetts, Reginald Dwayne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eReginald Dwayne Betts\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, memoirist, and teacher. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a lawyer and author of several award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eFelon: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eA Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). Betts is currently pursuing a PhD in law at Yale University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKushner, Rachel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRachel Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e is an American writer, known for her novels \u003ci\u003eTelex from Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495029608722,"sku":"9781597114929","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7488bbec-1a46-4066-b35b-a2d4c1e929f3.jpg?v=1730670172","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-san-quentin-project-9781597114929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}