OPERATION JURASSIC
- Collaborative photo-book with Roxana Allison documenting her brother Chris’ experience in prison. Introduction by writer Pete Brook. He was sentenced for defacing property with graffiti, then again briefly in USA ICE for having an expired visa.
- Portfolio review from Edmund Clark showed the book needed another element: graffiti. Defacing public property with graffiti was the reason Chris was sent to prison. Adding other more tangible elements other than photography such as Chris’ diary entries and sketches made the photo book less “shallow”.
- Collaborated with designer Pavement Studio Publisher [Mixam] £1800 to print 100 copies. Fundraised by selling prints and zines, bursaries.
I think I learnt about how to approach and execute a photographic project that is very personal to the artists. I found it interesting how Roxanna Allison presented the series with a strong narrative, which is because of all the planning that went into the photo-book ‘Operation Jurassic’ she co-created, to communicate their experience of the corrupt justice system.
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