“Time out room” at the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility, South Bend, IN. (via Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America | Raw File | Wired.com)
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David Zimmerman is an American born artist working in New York City and Taos, New Mexico. Of this series, Last Refuge, he writes: ‘Haphazard communities have evolved in remote areas where there is no electricity or water. Some of these people were defiant while others were resolved, but what they had in common was that all were living on the fringes of society. Home for most was an abandoned car, a dilapidated camper or some primitive shelter constructed from scrap. Mud and straw were used in a futile attempt to insulate the flimsy cardboard and tarp walls. While living amongst a group of families in the desert, I came across an odd pile of clothing which had been beaten for years by the relentless climate. There is a hidden beauty in many things, and the pile of abandoned clothing attracted me at first by its palette and form, and by its odd 2-dimensionality.’ Last Refuge is on view at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery in New York until January 28, 2012. (via The Discarded Garments of People Living on the Fringes of Society | Feature Shoot)
