CAPTURED
People in prison drawing people who should be
For over a year, we asked people in prison to paint or draw people we felt should be in prison–the CEOs of companies destroying our environment, economy, and society.
Here are the results. Click on the images to see the crimes committed by both the companies and the artists.
We present this project to help expose crimes masquerading as commerce.
CEO of Walmart
by Charles Lytle, prison ID #16684648
ballpoint pen and pencil on paper
Former CEO of Dupont
by Jaime Vidales, prison ID #K96986
#2 pencil on Strathmore Bristol 300 series paper
Chairman of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
by Billy Bush, prison ID #H-85182
pencil on paper
Former CEO of McDonalds
by Alex Carrillo, prison ID #J-69100
pencil on paper
CEO of Tyson Foods
by Benny Joe Palomo, prison ID #1491804
colored pencil on paper
CEO of Pfizer
by Joseph Sharrow, prison ID #D-3-102
#2 pencil on 100lb Bristol board
CEO & VP of Koch Industries
by Joseph Acker, prison ID #15967538
soft oil pastels on 100lb paper
CEO of Duke Energy
by John Vercusky, prison ID #55341-066
colored pencil on bristol paper
CEO & Chairman of Goldman Sachs
by Ryan Gragg, prison ID #1651297
pencil on board
Former President of FIFA
by Lewis Walters, prison ID #38699-007
oil on board
Former CEO of Credit Suisse
by Jerry Lee Jenkins, prison ID #03339-087
oil on canvas
CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
by Mitchell Hand, prison ID #054005
acrylic on paper
CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
by Anthony Miera, prison ID #J-21779
pencil on paper
CEO of Cargil
by Danny Gutierrez, prison ID #H99604
pencil, watercolor/colored pencil on paper
CEO of JP Morgan
by Jose Fregoso, prison ID #AB-2966
pencil on paper
Former CEO of BP Oil
by Benjamin Gonzalez Sr., prison ID #17554404
black bic pen on 100lb vellum paper
CEO of General Motors
by Leslie Robinson, prison ID #143219
pencil on paper
CEO of Bank of America
by Kim VanPelt, prison ID #Z-737/I-26
pencil on paper
Group Chief Executive of HSBC
by Mario “A.B.” Beltran, prison ID #437846
Prismacolor Premiere color pencils and Prismacolor Art Sticks on Canson XL 140lb paper
CEO of Citigroup
by Garrett Rushing, prison ID #10706-091
oil on canvas
CEO of ConocoPhillips
by Michael Coen, prison ID #T-16505
pencil and charcoal on paper
Chairman of The Nestle Group
by Charles Listo Vera, prison ID #Ai-6401
pencil on paper
CEO of ExxonMobil
by Brandon Meyer, prison ID #11032-030
pencil, blending stones, and 100lb Bristol paper
CEO of Pepsico
by John Vercusky, prison ID #55341-066
colored pencil on bristol paper
CEO of Wells Fargo
by Jose Velasquez, prison ID #83465-180
pencil on paper
CEO of Monsanto
by Walter Lego, prison ID #T00705
#2 pencil on 96lb Bristol board
CEO of Chevron
by Daniel Raines, prison ID #10662419
oil pastels & colored pencil mixed on 100lb
CEO of JPay
by Thong Vanh Louangrath, prison ID #15643291
bic pen on 100lb paper
Former CEO of Darden Restaurants
by Mark Crawford, prison ID #76603-079
oil on board
Materials: #2 pencil on 100lb Bristol board.
CEO of Pfizer
Ian Read
Oversees a company engaged in:
AIDS profiteering
Poor people with AIDS suffer and die globally because they can’t afford Fluconazole, a drug made by Pfizer who blocks affordable, generic Fluconazole, causing countless number of people with AIDS to die preventable deaths
Bribery
Bribed doctors, hospital administrators, and regulators in several countries across Europe and Asia to prescribe medicines
Experimenting on children
Tested a dangerous antibiotic on Nigerian children without receiving proper consent from their parents–then after settling some of the suits, hired investigators to dig up dirt on Nigeria’s former attorney general to get leverage in one of the remaining cases
Fraud
Using fraudulent information, they encouraged doctors to prescribe drugs for ailments (and at doses) the FDA specifically declined approval for
Poisoning
Illegally dumped PCBs and other toxic chemicals into the nation’s air and water for decades, also broke federal laws by not properly reporting an explosion which released hazardous substances and caused serious injuries
Price fixing
Conspired to prevent generic versions of its cholesterol drug Lipitor from entering the market to protect billions in profits while making sure patients did not have access to more affordable options
Racketeering
Marketed drugs as effective multiple times, for multiple diseases when they were, in many cases, even less effective than sugar pills
Captured by
Joseph Sharrow (Prison ID #D-3-102)
Serving 4 years for:
Receiving stolen goods (auto)
The book is currently sold out.
In 2016, 1,000 hardcover books (shown above) sold out in one week. All profits went towards efforts to elect Bernie Sanders as president, since holding corporations responsible for their crimes, reforming the criminal justice system, and removing corporate control over government were pillars of his campaign.