Eastern State Penitentiary
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Eastern State Penitentiary
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY by PRISCILLA BURGERS
Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world but stands today as a ruin of crumbling cell blocks and empty guard towers. Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, this was the world's first true "penitentiary," a prison designed to inspire penitence, or true regret, in the hearts of convicts. In reality, the isolation that was meant to bring the inmates close to God drove many of them insane. Built in the countryside in 1829, the penitentiary is now surrounded by the buildings of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This image is also available in black and white in my Pennsylvania gallery.
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August 14th, 2016
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JOHN TELFER
Priscilla, Revisiting this eerie looking site of the inside of Eastern State Penitentiary, great details and clarity G+ and T
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Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!