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CAMPUS NEWS February 2,2005 Photography exhibit reveals intimate views of incarcerated women in France and the United States JENNA CHAMBERS Staff Writer Critically acclaimed pho tographer Jane Evelyn At wood is the featured artist in the Frankie G. Weems Gal lery. Atwood creates evoca tive intimate portraits of her subjects and follows them for long periods of time. She reveals a world that society has turned away from and forces her viewers to face the harsh realities of wom en in prison. The featiu:ed art not only has pictures of women in French prisons but also in American prisons. Atwood, a prize winning French photographer, was denied access to men’s pris ons because she is a woman and first requested permis sion to photograph women’s prisons in the early 1980s. Her request was refused and in 1989 she received a chance assignment which got her in side. She decided to concen trate on women locked up forcommon-law crimes. She became personally involved in her work and wanted to get to know her subjects. Atwood wanted to know what life was like for the women in prison, detention centers, jails, and peniten tiaries. She focused on such countries as the United States and eight others in Europe. Atwood says in her profile for the exhibit “from the very beginning, I was struck by how needy women prisoners are. They are handicapped, and in many different ways. They have been beaten down by the ignorance, poverty, and shattered family life that pervades the backgrounds of most male inmates.” Atwood states that women are beaten down “also by years, often lifetimes, of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of men. They are weakened in photo courtesy of www.meredith.edu a way that men are not.” . Her art displays treat ment of women that is be yond imagining.. It can be a shocking experience for a Meredith student to walk into the art gallery and see the mistreatment of women, many of whom are around the same age as she is. At wood says that “eighty- nine percent of incarcerated women are in for nonviolent crimes.” This makes her viewers question the neces sity of placing these women in the maximum security prisons that they are in. Atwood’s other works in clude the photo essay Wom en Behind Bars and her first two books, “Nachtlicher Alltag” and “Dialogues de Nuit” which explored Pari sian Prostitutes. Atwood has earned the first W. Eugene Smith grant, the Pictures of the Year Canon Photo Essay photo courtesy of www.meredith.edu and the Ernst Haas Award. Too Much Time: Women in Prison and photographs by Jane Evelyn Atwood will be on display at the Frankie 0. Weems Gallery from January 23- February 20. ^eer Leadership Consultant Program Interested in gaining presentation, communication, and other leadership skills? Apply to be a PLC! The Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development is looking for a few good women to serve as PL.Cs in 2005-2006. A Peer Leadership Consultant provides campus organizations with teambuilding experiences, energizers, and workshops on topics like communication skills, motivation, time management, and much more. Don’t worry if youVe never presented before... We’ll give you the information and training you need to be a PLC! Interested? Visit the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development 2D2 Cate or email Kelly Scott: scottke@meredith.edu
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