The books of HUMANE EXPOSURES PUBLISHING take a penetrating look at society's disenfranchised, questioning how long we can ignore the broken segments of our population, and at what cost. Visually and socially compelling, they call upon educators, leaders in criminal justice, and experts in sociology and psychology to join with the general public to increase awareness, address underlying social issues, and encourage essential parenting skills, setting new courses for social reform.
BORN, NOT RAISED explores the troubled psyches of youngsters serving time in juvenile hall. The book showcases a variety of creative tasks taken on by the young detainees—writing projects, artwork, elicited responses to photographs. The revealing results underscore Humane Exposures’ conviction that early education and youth development are the most effective strategies for breaking the cycle of at-risk behavior, and helping our youth thrive.
downTown U.S.A. explores the lives of the homeless in a major metropolitan city. Author and photographer Susan Madden Lankford kept a journal during her daily encounters with San Diego street people, observing how even the defeated, or seemingly so, share many of our hopes and dreams. The book, enhanced with Lankford’s powerful photographs, strives to turn public indifference to society’s most broken and vulnerable population into a humane awareness and response.
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Maggots in My Sweet Potatoes: Women Doing Time by Susan Madden Lankford is the first in a photojournalistic series addressing crucial social issues. Through thought-provoking photographs and interviews, the author explores the kaleidoscope of alienation, personal despair, and fragile hopes of women caught up in the state's zeal for incarceration.
It's More Expensive to Do Nothing explores the dark and often disregarded world of criminal justice, the revolving door of institutionalization, the complexities of remediation, and the programs that have worked to help nonviolent ex-offenders succeed as self-sufficient members of society