Images in prison and “thumbs up” poses – We’re fine

This study analyzes images produced during photography workshops that took place in two prisons, located in Porto Alegre/Brazil; the attendees were comprised of groups of inmates. For Catherine Tambrun, it is impossible for an external agent to photograph these places. Her concepts were used to highlight what specifics were present in the images approximating them to discussions brought forth by Judith Butler with respect to precarious lives, in opposition to general notions of prison images and the imprisonment of images. Resumo O trabalho apresenta uma analise das imagens produzidas a partir de oficinas de fotografia realizadas em dois presidios localizados em Porto Alegre. A partir de nocoes trazidas por Catherine Tambrun sobre a impossibilidade do agente externo fotografar nesses ambientes, pretende discutir que especificidades apresentam as imagens feitas pelos proprios presos, contrapondo nocoes de imagens da prisao e aprisionamentos da imagem e, ao mesmo tempo, as aproximando de discussoes sobre as vidas precarias trazidas por Judtih Butler.