Claire Phillips met with people who have experienced the reality of death row. Her portraits are presented without any obvious visual reference to the death row environment or the death penalty. They aim to present the humanity of the people involved – their very ordinariness.

Dan Bright was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Murray Barnes. Kathleen Hawk Norman was the foreperson of the jury that convicted him. Kathleen subsequently became convinced that the verdict had been incorrect, and began a campaign to overturn the conviction. In 2004 the prosecution dismissed all charges and Dan was freed. Dan Bright and Kathleen Hawk Norman, 2007 © Claire Phillips

The Human Face of Death Row is an exhibition of portraits by artist Claire Phillips which brings the viewer face-to-face with individual experiences of the death penalty and reflects on the human face of death row. Organised by British charity Reprieve and by Arts Council England, the exhibition opens on 1 July at gallery@oxo and runs until 5 July. It then re-opens in Horsham, Guildford and Worthing
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