Currently and formerly incarcerated men at California’s supermax penitentiary in Tehachapi collaborate with renowned photographer and artist JR on a project to transform the prison yard into a powerful – but temporary – work of art.
Cinematography
JR's massive portraits swallowing the concrete whole.
Direction
Van Zandt lets the men speak, not explain them.
Director
Tasha Van Zandt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tehachapi is California's oldest supermax and was entirely rebuilt after a 1952 earthquake — the 'temporary' art mirrors its own impermanent architecture.
JR's 'Inside Out' project has pasted portraits in 130+ countries, but Tehachapi was rare: the subjects controlled their own image for once, not mugshots.
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