Last Meals on Death Row
London photographer James Reynolds has documented the prison trays holding final meals of former death row inmates for years now. He created a collection of photos replicating the ones used in various maximum security prisons. The collection were to be called "Last Suppers."
Jackie Barron Wilson, Rape/Murder, Texas State Penitentiary, Texas, 2006
Victor Feguer, Murder, Iowa State Penitentiary, Iowa, 1963; Feguer was the last inmate put to death before the U.S. placed a moratorium on capital punishment in the 1960s.
John Wayne Gacy, aka the Killer Clown, Rape/Murder, Stateville Correctional Center, Illinois, 1994
Louis Jones Jr., Kidnap/Rape/Murder, Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex, Indiana, 2003
Gary Mark Gilmore, Robbery/Murder, Utah State Prison, Utah, 1977; Gilmore was the first man put to death after the U.S. reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
Thomas Treshawn Ivey, Murder, Broad River Correctional Institution, South Carolina, 2006
James Hudson, Murder, Greensville Correctional Center, Virginia, 2004
Lewis Gilbert, Murder, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Oklahoma, 2003
"I’d like to think that the photographs make the viewer think, what thought that is, I am not sure, as I myself had more thoughts the more I looked at them. What would my last meal be? What kind of people were these prisoners? Why did they choose that particular meal? What crime did they commit?" - James Reynolds
Eddie Lee Mays, Robbery/Murder, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, New York, 1963
"I’d like to think that the photographs make the viewer think, what thought that is, I am not sure, as I myself had more thoughts the more I looked at them. What would my last meal be? What kind of people were these prisoners? Why did they choose that particular meal? What crime did they commit?" - James Reynolds
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