Last Suppers

Last Suppers, by James Reynolds, is a series of photographs documenting former Death Row prisoners’ requests for their last meal before execution.

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4_olive

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  1. Canadian artist Paul Kneale did a Last Meal Delivery Service: http://www.pauljkneale.com/CBC_DNTO.html

    Vaneska
    Aug 11th, 2009 / 8:21 am

  2. So did Jonathon Kambouris – http://www.jonathonkambouris.com
    go to series, last meals

    Alexandra Alberstadt
    Aug 11th, 2009 / 12:26 pm

  3. Looks like the Sing Sing tray that David Weeks made.

    FOGlite
    Aug 11th, 2009 / 10:50 pm

  4. there’s also such a series by Celia A. Shapiro, used by the german and swiss section of Amnesty International, see the cover
    http://www.amnesty.ch/de/aktuell/magazin/48

    On Celia A. Shapiro (german)
    http://www.3sat.de/dynamic/sitegen/bin/sitegen.php?tab=2&source=/kulturzeit/themen/67785/index.html

    and on the issue itself still one of the most impressive work: by Fabian Biasio http://www.biasio.com/ (Projekte > Todesstrafe)

    Thierry Corbat
    Aug 12th, 2009 / 8:11 am

  6. What on earth is that last one? It looks like a chocolate-covered espresso bean, but I think that’s just my tired stomach talking.

    This is a fascinating series, though. It reminds me of some other food art — like hospital food — that I came across in a food porn roundup:
    http://blog.findingdulcinea.com/2009/08/sweet-sites-graphic-gourmet-all-you-can-eat-online.html

    Agnes
    Aug 26th, 2009 / 9:05 pm

  7. It’s an olive. Don’t be stupid.

    Dickbutt
    Sep 11th, 2009 / 5:20 pm

  8. It’s a grape!

    fff
    Oct 17th, 2009 / 9:40 pm

  9. No, it’s an olive..

    your mother
    Oct 18th, 2009 / 12:24 am

  10. Its pork, don’t be stupid

    Dubya
    Oct 22nd, 2009 / 8:21 pm

  11. It’s a date…get it…. “what do you want for your last meal?” ” A date”, so thats what he got

    SmartyPants
    Oct 31st, 2009 / 5:43 pm

  12. Sorry folks, the alt text says Olive.

    Leo
    Nov 3rd, 2009 / 8:59 pm

  13. I hope the guy with the fruit didn’t get the chair…..he might have exploded into a pile of shit.

    Damon
    Dec 3rd, 2009 / 2:23 pm

  14. Hello? Yeah, can I get the #7, no cheese, two #3s, one with extra onions, three Cokes, and an extra thing of fries? Thanks.

    'Nuff Said
    Jan 5th, 2010 / 11:23 pm

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