Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #22 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . REMEMBRANCES . One of the cruelist things about being incarcerated is that friends and family die while you’re unable to see them. I’ve lost count of how many have gone in the last ten years. Last October I was sitting … Read more
Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . FROM RICHES TO RAGS . A little over a decade ago in the Spring of 2007, I received a phone call from a journalist from Hamburg, Germany to discuss a photo assignment. He wanted me to illustrate a photo story he was working on … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #20 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM . In 1923 the great American journalist H. L. Mencken wrote: You will find as many intelligent and honest men in the average prison as you will find in the average club, and when it comes to … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison # 18 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . MY YEARS AT SHUTTERBUG . My history with Shutterbug began in the mid-70s. I don’t even remember exactly when I wrote my first article for them. The magazine was founded by Glenn Patch as Shutterbug Ads, and was … Read more
Letters From Prison: Part 13, 2018 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . As promised, the story of PIC magazine. PIC, was short for People In Camera, and was started in the early 80s by Chris Knight as a sort of hobby. Captain Christopher Knight, to give him his proper title was an … Read more