Kunstler Inside Attica Prison: Attorney William Kunstler (with microphone) addresses inmates at Attica State Prison. He tells them he has agreed to represent them at negotiations with prison officials. Members of the inmate negotiating unit and other inmates are in the background. State Senator Robert Garcia and U.S. Congressman Herman Badillo str at center foreground in white shirts.

Associated Press ID #7109111158

On recto: typewritten title and date.
On verso: typewritten title, date stamp and newspaper caption affixed.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Attica
• Attica Prison
• Attica Prison Riot
• Civil Rights Movements
• Herman Badillo
• Injustice
• Prisoners
• Racial Discrimination
• Robert Garcia
• William Kunstler

• Image Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 9 9/16 in. (16.99 x 24.29 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (20.48 x 24.92 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen