One of the most iconic images of Cash, is the previously shown photograph of him flipping off the photographer at his San Quentin prison performance in 1969. This image is cemented at the centre of his outlaw image, and represents his fight against the establishment. His resentment for the standard of the Southern country music genre and the people living in poverty in his home country can be epitomised by this single picture.
As an advocate for prison reform, his concerts were a method of showing his support and representing equality, but the image itself was a protest against officials. The photo arose when the photographer, Jim Marshall, asked Cash to "do a shot for the Warden..."
So Cash sticks up his middle finger, and creates an image which will incorporate his outlaw image, and his saint/sinner contradictions for decades to come...
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