Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Guilty Until Proven Innocent is a portrait of a group of women. They make their appearance in a flare of light – there are seven. The camera records them in medium close-up, as torsos from the waist up, seen through a fence. They stand quietly, close together, looking into the camera. They do not relate to one another but solely to the camera. At first glance what they appear to have in common is their advanced age. The shared years of the seven women, the wire mesh of the fence intersecting the image and the line-up of their bodies...