Published by Lucia∣Marquand, the book will include 70 plates, a foreword by Dr. The Frist Art Museum will produce a hardcover book titled Louisiana Medley: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick about the couple’s work. Calhoun and McCormick use their cameras as tools for social engagement, reminding their audiences of persistent racial inequities, especially throughout the American criminal justice system. The husband-and-wife team’s work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale. Their poignant black-and-white images record the exploitation of the men incarcerated within the maximum-security prison farm while also showcasing the prisoners’ humanity and individual narratives. Since 1980, they have made regular visits to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola to photograph life on the prison farm, which was founded on the consolidated land of several cotton and sugarcane plantations. New Orleans natives Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick have been documenting African American life in Louisiana for more than 30 years.
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