A Place to Die
Photo © Matt Eich/Aurora Select
“An inmate who goes by the name ‘Paulie’ tunes a guitar in the yard while another inmate sunbathes at Hocking Correctional Facilities in Nelsonville, OH. Thought of by some inmates as ‘a place to die,’ Hocking Correctional Facilities in Nelsonville, OH is a strange combination of prison and home for the elderly. Many of its 475 inmates will never again live a free life. One prisoner said that HCF is much nicer than other prisons he’s been in because if you lie on your back, look straight up and ignore the barbed wire, you can see trees and blue skies—allowing you to imagine you’re free.”
Eich recently won the SportsShooter.com Student Photographer of the Year contest (where PDN Creative Director Darren Ching was a judge).
Tags: A Place to Die, Aurora Select, Matt Eich, Prison
March 12th, 2009 at 10:34 pm EEDT
How spectacular!
March 14th, 2009 at 11:03 am EEDT
This is a wonderful picture! The title epitomizes the scene really well. Is there somewhere I can get a print?
February 10th, 2010 at 11:11 am EEST
A spectacular photo, it has it all going on, composition, shadow, intrigue, and effect all in B & W. You cant stage this stuff
June 25th, 2010 at 2:50 pm EEDT
extraordinary event, this is a very rare event in a prison.
November 20th, 2010 at 9:37 am EEST
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