Whether you are for or against it, the death penalty has long been a controversial topic in America. Aside from personal beliefs, one of the first thoughts when the subject comes up regards the last meals of the inmates staying there.
Photographer Henry Hargreaves embarked on a project where he: 1) found out what the meals were of popular inmates, 2) staged and photographed said meals and 3) attempted to eat each meal himself with the help of a chef. “It was kind of like going to a hospital and eating the lunch of someone who’s just been pronounced dead” , Hargreaves said after eating a spoonful of ice cream from one convict’s recreated final meal. Ranging from Ted Bundy to Timothy McVeigh, what do you think, does looking at any of these meals give you any insight into the killer’s legacies? Checkout the resulting pictures of the re-created meals after the jump!
While I was reading about efforts to stop the Last Meal tradition in Texas it sparked my interest. In the most unnatural moment there is (state sponsored death) what kind of requests for food had been made? – Hargreaves
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Matt Whitlock – @mattwhitlockPM
