A black-and-white photograph of two stories of prison cells with prisoners in the two cells on the top story.
Cell Block

Huntsville, Texas 1968

Signed and dated in pencil, verso

Gelatin silver print

14 x 11 inches, sheet

$3,500 + $200 matting/framing

The Ramsey prison farm is set on 16,000 acres of Brazos River bottomland about 30 miles south of Houston and is populated by 1400 men. The prison is divided into a newer and older unit—Ramsey One and Ramsey Two.

This image is from Lyon’s book Conversations with the Dead.

Work by Danny Lyon