Louisiana State Penitentiary #56, Angola, Louisiana
<p>Deborah Luster, <em>Louisiana State Penitentiary #56, Angola, Louisiana</em>, 1999. Photographic emulsion on aluminum with varnish, sheet: 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2004.22.1</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1999
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.2 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Deborah Luster
Artist
Photography
Deborah Luster is a photographic artist from Northwest Arkansas, US, and has been a professional photographer since the 1990s. Luster has at least one book in print, One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana, and is known for using older technology such as tintype to document and artistically portray violent crime and related topics. She is published and discussed in various international media such as The Economist, educational sources such as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, galleries such as the Jack Shainman Gallery and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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- Deborah Luster
- Year
- 1999
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1999-165369
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified