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The 4th Annual Robert K. Gustafson Memorial Scholar Series

Friday, April 13th 11:00 am
Moore Hall Auditorium

Speaker: Scott Langley

"The Death Penalty Photography Documentary Project: A photo story about the death penalty in America and the facts behind the myths."

The Death Penalty Photography Documentary Project is an eight-year
product of exploring capital punishment through the photographer’s
lens. It was birthed from a college art project to creatively address a
human rights issue, and started with a few photos from an execution
vigil in Huntsville, Texas. The original project has since grown into an
internationally shown exhibit consisting of over 800 images – making it
the largest, most varied known collection of photos about the death
penalty in the United States’ modern era.

This work-in-progress highlights Scott Langley’s efforts as a
photojournalist and a human rights activist - bringing together the
unique combination of art, journalism and education into one powerful
project. The exhibit has been exhibited by Amnesty International in
Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Raleigh, Germany, Denmark, at
Harvard and Cornell Universities, and in print and video media across
the world.Scott Langley is a free-lance photojournalist based in New
York, where he lives with his wife and 6-month old daughter. From
1996-2000, Scott was a Texas press photographer in the Dallas/Fort
Worth area. His documentary work has been widespread throughout the
world in recent years – appearing in newspapers, magazines, books,
encyclopedias, theater productions, calendars, films, on television, tshirts
and even in a European music video.

The Artist, Scott Langley: In addition to work as a photographer, Scott
has been an active grassroots organizer against the death penalty since
1999. In 2004, he and his wife co-founded the Raleigh Catholic Worker
Hospitality House where families of North Carolina death row prisoners
may find free shelter, food and support. From 2004 until February 2007,
Scott served as Amnesty International’s State Death Penalty Coordinator
for North Carolina. He now works on an international level to end
executions and to educate people about the death penalty, traveling
within and outside the U.S. to speak about capital punishment, his work
against executions, his work with death row families, and about his
photography documentary project. His death penalty documentary
photography, as well as other photo projects, can be viewed on the
Internet at www.langleycreations.com/photo.

Click here to read an article on the talk written by MHC student Hannah Simpson.

 

Updated: Saturday, April 28, 2007

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