In Prison Air: The Cells of Holmesburg Prison by Roma, Thomas; John Szarkowski - 2005

powerHouse Books, 2005-12-01. Hardcover. Good.

In 1999, photographer Thomas Roma found himself within the walls of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison, one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, doing a special photographic project for Steve Buscemi's Animal Factory. During downtime Roma wandered through this nineteenth-century fortress, walking in and out of many of its seven hundred or so cells. After Holmesburg's inception in 1896—on the occasion of which one Philadelphia reporter warned, "Abandon all hope all ye who enter here"—it quickly became the prison for Philadelphia's worst criminals, eventually packing up to five prisoners into six by eight foot cells designed for single-occupancy. After leaving the site, Roma found his mind often inhabiting the space of the prison with its halls of flaking paint and graffiti-covered cells. Overwhelmed by the evidence of the lives spent inside those small rooms, Roma returned to photograph on his own, creating the images now collected for In Prison Air: The Cells of Holmesburg Prison.

powerHouse Books. Used - Very Good. Hardcover. Some wear; otherwise, Very Good. No Dust Jacket.

powerHouse Books. Hardcover. 1576872572 1st Edition, 1st Printing 2005 Book is in very good condition, missing dustcover. Customer service is our #1 priority. We sell great books at great prices with super fast shipping. . Very Good.

Brooklyn, NY: Powerhouse, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized monograph. Foreword by John Szarkowski. A stark and haunting collection of 44 black and white photographs of the walls and remains of the prison. A very near fine and tight copy in cloth boards with a photograph mounted on the front board and some light bumping to the bottom front corners. A beautiful production of a dark subject. Virtually as new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap.

NY: powerHouse, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 96 pages. In 1999, photographer Thomas Roma found himself within the walls of Philadelphia’s Holmesburg Prison, one of the most notorious prisons in the United States, doing a special photographic project for Steve Buscemi’s Animal Factory. During downtime Roma wandered through this nineteenth-century fortress, walking in and out of many of its seven hundred or so cells. After Holmesburg’s inception in 1896—on the occasion of which one Philadelphia reporter warned, “Abandon all hope all ye who enter here”—it quickly became the prison for Philadelphia’s worst criminals, eventually packing up to five prisoners into six by eight foot cells designed for single-occupancy. After leaving the site, Roma found his mind often inhabiting the space of the prison with its halls of flaking paint and graffiti-covered cells. Overwhelmed by the evidence of the lives spent inside those small rooms, Roma returned to photograph on his… Read More

PowerHouse Books, New York, 2005. Hardcover. As New.

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