My Shadow's Reflection Edmund Clark

My Shadow’s Reflection is part of a new body of work made by Edmund Clark as artist in residence in Europe’s only entirely therapeutic prison environment, HMP Grendon. The book comprises architectural images of the prison, close-ups of flowers and leaves that grow within the prison and have been picked and pressed by Clark and images of the men made with a pinhole camera.

Established in 1962, Grendon’s inmates must accept responsibility for their offences. They make a full-time commitment to intensive group therapy and exercise a degree of control over the day-to-day running of their lives through democratic decision-making. Through research and evaluation, evidence has demonstrated that Grendon has delivered lower levels of violence and disruption in prison, whilst reducing levels of reoffending after release.

In Place of Hate, the exhibition of Clark’s work as artist in residence at HMP Grendon is on show at Ikon, Birmingham until 11 March 2018. The exhibition combines photography, video and installation to explore ideas of visibility, representation, trauma and self-image and address how prisoners and the criminal justice system are perceived and discussed by the public, politicians and media in Britain today.

*** Available for pre order online before the book launch.

Photographs by Edmund Clark

Texts by Edmund Clark and the men of HMP Grendon

Design by Ben Weaver Studio

Published by Here Press in collaboration with Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.