Christopher Sims: Guantanamo
March 3rd, 2009 
Photography 
Paul
Kudos to Christopher Sims – he managed to get photographic access to the US military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, including the cell blocks in Camp Delta, and he’s taken some pretty good pictures too. You can see some of the pictures on the Civilian Arts Project site.
In this post a few weeks ago I discussed the nature of this type of prison, and the improbability of the US allowing access to Camp X-Ray – the original prison camp – if it still exists. Maybe they will, but for the moment we have Mr Sims’ pictures, which are all the more powerful for not including any people.
He clearly felt, as I did at Theresenstadt, the contrast between the guard’s family lives and those of the prisoners.
And before anyone gets offended, I should point out that I do not equate what happened at Theresienstadt with Guantanamo, except that they were both built to contain individuals that the authorities did not want roaming free.
Tags: political prison
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