The Geopolitical Eveningwear series at PRINZ from January to February, 2008. The series has thirteen photographs in it right now but it will be added to as time goes on. Most of these images haven't been exhibited before. You can see all the images in detail in this posting's tags.

Today the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) reported that there was an "uprising" of about 30 prisoners at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre involving about 30 prisoners. According to the CBC article the prison is designed for about 420 prisoners, but there have been complaints about overcrowding. They didn't mention how many prisoners were in the jail at the time of the uprising. A spokesman for the prison claims the disturbance was stopped without any serious injuries.

I wanted to photograph the exterior of the building in 2005 and I was barely allowed to speak to anyone. I had to call out in an empty room until finally I heard a voice come from behind a thick mirrored glass partition telling me there is no way I could ever take photos of the building's exterior even from the parking lot.

Not wanting to take any chances with the RCMP, I decided it was safer for me just to take a photo of the sign as part of my fences series. Although another time, I did have a great photo opportunity with the police; one of an RCMP officer with an interest in art and television, that made it into the exhibited series "Brothers." This time I didn't want to push my luck, since I've seen first hand what is only recently being documented in the media about accidental injuries inflicted onto unarmed people by the RCMP.