By: Mark Perrott (Photographer), Herbert Muschamp (Introduction), Hal Kirn
This hard cover book, published by the historic site in February 2000, contains 67 black and white photographs. The photographs were taken inside the walls of Eastern State Penitentiary between 1992 and 1996 by Pittsburgh photographer Mark Perrott.
To capture these images, Mr. Perrott extensively explored the twelve-acre complex of cellblocks, administrative and industrial spaces. Hope Abandoned includes photographs of the penitentiary synagogue, dining halls, inmate chapel and hospital operating room.
Within these grand architectural spaces, Mr. Perrott focused on personal objects left behind, such as horsehair shaving brush, a worn and bursting baseball, a stool, a desk, and a prisoner’s tin drinking cup. Hope Abandoned combines these images with carefully chosen excerpts from interviews with former inmates, guards, and neighbors, evoking sympathy, fear and humor.
ISBN: 0-9670455-0-9; Dimensions (in inches): 9.25 x 9.80, 105 pages, hard cover © 2000.
$31.00 ($28.00 each plus $3.00 S & H)
