Monday, February 01, 2010

The Autobiography of an Execution


by David R. Dow

Art Director: Anne Twomey // Twelve Books - Grand Central Publishing

Cover photograph by Henry Sene Yee Photography

As a lawyer, David R. Dow has represented over 100 death row cases. Many of his clients have died. Most were guilty. Some might have been innocent. The Autobiography of an Execution is his deeply personal story about justice, death penalty, and a lawyer’s life.

It is a chronicle of a life lived at paradoxical extremes: Witnessing executions and then coming home to the loving embrace of his wife and young son, who inquire about his day. Waging moral battles on behalf of people who have committed abhorrent crimes. Fighting for life in America’s death penalty capital, within a criminal justice system full of indifferent and ineffectual judges. Racing against time on behalf of clients who have no more time.


Ain't no sunshine when they're gone.

Initial concept sketches:




Behind the Book:



The photo came from a series I shot called:

SUN ON.


SUN OFF.


These photographs and a few more of mine appear in The Graphic Eye: Photographs by Graphic Designers from around the Globe by Stefan G. Bucher




Bottom photograph by Karen Horton. As seen being sold at Urban Outfitters

2 comments:

Jason Gabbert said...

Congrats on all the photography Henry… hey… when you get a chance could I get my gardening hoe back from you?

Anonymous said...

I really liked the book cover. Very striking image.