Tehachapi
Peer over the walls of the California Correctional Institution (CCI) and see the faces of current and formerly incarcerated citizens, system impacted families and victims of crime. Hear them as they share their stories of mercy, rehabilitation, and their experiences in America's legal system.
In October 2019, French artist JR created a one-of-a-kind art activation within the walls of California Correctional Institution: Tehachapi in Southern California-- a maximum security 4 facility.
JR and his team captured the portraits and stories of 48 current and formerly incarcerated individuals, victims, and families impacted by the system. The men whose faces became a part of the final image, with the help of JR's team and correctional officers, took the 338 pieces of paper and pasted them to the grounds of the recreational yard at CCI. The final result was shot with a drone from a birds-eye view.
More about the project : www.jr-art.net, www.representjustice.org
A PROJECT BY JR
- Executive producers
- Marc Azoulay, Scott Budnick, Sol Guy
- Art direction
- Camille Pajot
- Production manager
- Luana Saltiel
- Film producer
- Hunter Nolan
- Interviewer
- Eyal Levy
- Digitech
- Rick Rose
- Photo assistants
- James Clark, Drake Garber
- Production assistant
- Hailey Magoon
- Audio editing and transcription
- Anne-Marie, Eleanor Bennet, Elori Kramer, Erik Benepe, Eyal Levi, Tyson Mooren, Wyatt Orme, Jessica Placzek
- Photographic post-production
- Fabien Barrau
PASTING
- Pasting leaders
- Alex Pierre, Joshua Geyer, Luana Saltiel, Luis German Gomez, Marc Azoulay, Marz Holden-Montini, Mathieu Kassovitz, Sean Hart, Takao Shiraishi
- Strips preparation
- Caroline Winter, Chloé Caseteuble, Florian Derbuel, Jaime Scatena, Lucas Scherrer, Takao Shiraishi
- Printing
- Dave Kachadourian, Charlie Gibbs
REPRESENT JUSTICE TEAM
- Associate Producer
- Sam Abrahams
- Arts & Culture Producer
- Charlie Crocker
- Campaign Surrogate
- Nathan Pirtle
- Executive Director
- Heidi Nel
- Communications Director
- Gretel Truong
- Digital Director
- Christina Lewis
- Web + Creative
- Lucas Fleischer
- Drone pilot
- Colin Rich
- Drone operator
- Scott Carlson, Matt
- Drone assistant
- Jesse Watson
The team would like to warmly thank the participants: William D Hampton Jr., Cory Belcher, Anthony Carbajal, Leonard C Caballero, Nicholas Novelo, Esteban Tavares, Frankie I. Vasquez, Christopher Speck, Kevin Walsh, Barret Fadden, Ricky Black, Aaron Facciponti, Edgar O. Gomez, Francisco Olivares, James Harding, Hector D Manriquez, Burke Robinson IV, Carlton Fields, Rocky Froemel, Joshua McLean, Raul Rubio, Rafael Chavez, Jose Mayo, Frank Silva, Richard J Quintana, Robert Aguayo, Jerry Fernandez, Williams Jones, Chris Salazar, Julio Landaverde, Leonard Dimaculangan, Xavier Edwards, Israel Guillem, Michael A. Mendoza, Felix Miranda, Verdale Hayes, Carlos Cervantes, Bobby Gonzalez, Javier Stauring, Ruett Foster, Sam Lewis, Tomas Bonilla Sr., Tomas Bonilla Jr., Matt Palmer, Elias Garcia, Rodney Lesina, Eric Barthelmes, Derreck Johnson - as well as the staff and incarcerated men who help us paste. This project would not have been possible without the help of Warden William Sullivan, Lieutenant Elias Garcia, Captain Rodney Lesina, Captain Matt Palmer, Officer Eric Barthelmes, Officer Derreck Johnson. A huge thanks to: Roberto de Angelis, Tasha Van Zandt, Mathieu Kassovitz. With the active collaboration of JR’s studios in NYC, Paris and Geneva, including: Marc Berrebi, Julie Pugeat, Maud Malfettes, Camille Garnier, Quentin Besnard, Mauve Chalandon, Melvyn Bonnaffe, Marion Charlot, Montaine-Chiara Gianoli, Ludmila Kreichman.
DIGITAL EDITION
- Co-Production
- Alan Sternberg
- Co-Production
- Matej Balantic
- Co-production
- Marc Azoulay
- Mapping and content management
- Jaime Scatena
Tap on a person to listen to their story. You can also move around and zoom.