Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row

Lou Jones

March 30, 2003 - June 19, 2003

Over one third of the 27 persons on 14 death rows in 10 states whom Lou Jones photographed over the last decade have been executed. In “Final Exposure”, Jones brings the public face-to-face with both men and women inmates, some of whom have committed terrible crimes and some of whom are very likely innocent. His images move viewers to acknowledge their humanity and to renew the debate on the death penalty. Twenty-six persons have been put to death in the US this year, the only western democracy in which the death penalty is exercised.

Lou Jones is one of Boston’s top commercial and art photographers, specializing in photo illustration and location photography for corporations and advertising. Among his clients are Price Waterhouse, AT&T and Mobil. His editorial work has appeared in US News, World Report and National Geographic. His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of African American History in Boston.

Born in Washington DC, he graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Physics in l967. He moved to Boston in 1968 and began his career in photography in 1971.