Erasure of the lynch victim intended to raise awareness of the history of lynching and other forms of summary justice in California. Josh (Joshua Robertson) was of African descent and lynched in Rich Bar, California in 1852. The original drawing...
The erased body of the victim in this series was intended to raise awareness of the little-known history. In this case it was Mexicans against an American citizen in 1859.
The "execution" victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching and the larger issue of vigilantism in the West. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
Crowds; Horses; Buildings; Los Angeles (Calif.); Executions and executioners
In 1863, a mob of approximately 200 men broke into the county jail in Los Angeles, and grabbed Boston Daimwood (or Damewood) and his 3 cohorts, along with a young man named Wood, who was being held for stealing chickens. All 5 were lynched. In...
