 July/August 2002
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Telephone number: Fax number:
pwork@igc.org Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them. Rooted in Quaker values and informed by AFSC experience and initiatives, Peacework offers a forum for organizers, fostering coalition-building and teaching the methods and strategies that work in the global and local community. Peacework seeks to serve as an incubator for social transformation, introducing a younger generation to a deeper analysis of problems and issues, reminding and re-inspiring long-term activists, encouraging the generations to listen to each other, and creating space for the voices of the disenfranchised. Views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of the AFSC. |
Portraits from Death Row Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row, Lou Jones and Lorie Savel, edited by Michael Radelet, foreword by Gerry Spence. Northeastern University Press, 1996. Final Exposure will be reissued this fall by the American Friends Service Committee. The following excerpt is from the preface, by Lou Jones, to the forthcoming new edition.
As a citizen, I was distressed by the continuous need to struggle against bad decisions by those entrusted to represent me. As an artist I was interested in what contribution I could make to the debate. During my career I had been intrigued by how everyone made such personal attachments to many of the portraits I had taken. If photography had such power, maybe it could substitute for the real thing. If I could make just a few images of men and women undergoing this ordeal, maybe their humanity could become part of the equation. No excuses could dilute the acts of murder committed in this country, but I saw capital punishment as just exacerbating the problem. At least photography would give those concerned an unprecedented view of the individuals they were killing. No more abstractions.
--Lou Jones is an award-winning photographer and
photojournalist. To see more of his work, visit www.fotojones.com.
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