- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Waselchuk, Lori, American
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (9.8 × 14.5 cm)
- Description
- A color photograph of Lori Waselchuk photographing a quilt made by prisoner volunteers from the hospice program at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Waselchuk is depicted with her back facing the camera. She is wearing a grey, long-sleeved shirt and jeans. The quilt, positioned horizontally in front of her on a metal stand, is yellow with a burgundy border and the word "HOSPICE" along the horizontal borders. The center design features the hospice program's emblem: a pair of hands with open shackles, releasing a monarch butterfly. Beneath the emblem are the words “I’m free / No more chains / holdin’ me" followed by black silhouetted figures of men walking surrounded by musical notes. Waselchuk and the quilt are surrounded by lighting equipment in a room with a brown cement floor, plain white walls, and stacks of plastic and metal chairs against the wall to the left.
- Place captured
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- color photographs
- Topic
- Art
- Craftsmanship
- Design
- Funeral customs and rites
- Health
- Prisons
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lori Waselchuk
- Object number
- 2018.54.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




