3X4: contemporary prison photography and representations of the incarcerated body in two women prisons in Mozambique
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In this article, we discuss the representations of the imprisoned body in contemporary photography, seeking to understand how such representations have dialogued with current prison systems and thus yielded a series of discussions about authority and photography ethics. In dialogue with nineteenth-century prison visuality and the concept of photographic performativity, and taking as starting point the “3x4” (a photographic project that took place in two Mozambican female prisons), we explore the interpretive possibilities offered by photography regarding the incarcerated body.
Keywords: Photography, prison, body
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