In 1994 I spent three weeks recording life among almost 400 condemned prisoners. There is life on Death Row. After the bloodshed, after the trial, after the withering sentence, condemned inmates are sent off to Ellis I, in Huntsville, Texas to wait for their execution. Texas leads the nation in executions with 92 since 1976, and during the year I photographed 14 men were killed. Over the eight months I worked, I found myself in the oddest communities, a place where men count the inexorable passage of time both as a victory and a threat. Some men pass their time doing arts and crafts, building clocks, working in the death row factory or excercising. One thing is certain on Texas Death Row, these men will eventually meet their maker at the hand of the state of Texas. Proceed to the first photo, or select any photo from the column on the left. Hear an interview recorded in October, 1997, with Ken Light about the Texas Death Row project. To hear the interview, you will need the Shockwave Essentials plug-in for Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you don't already have the plug-in, which is available free on the Macromedia site, you may download it by clicking the button below. First, however, please bookmark this page. Ken Light's book "Texas Death Row," was published in May, 1997. The book can be ordered online through Sight's Bookstore. It can also be ordered directly from the publisher. Call toll-free: 1-800-737-7788, or fax: 1-601-982-6217. For the hardback edition, ask for ISBN 0-87805-950-4 ($50). For the paperback edition, ask for ISBN 0-87805-951-2 ($30).