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: colored pencil on paper.
CEO of Tyson Foods
Donnie Smith
Oversees a company engaged in:
Bribery and conspiracy
When top executives discovered their Mexican chicken plants were bribing inspectors to overlook food safety issues, they not only allowed the practice to continue, they formed a committee to find a more acceptable way to make the illicit payments
Cruelty to animals
Routinely breed birds to grow so fast they’re crippled under their own weight, ripping heads off live birds, urinating on the slaughter line, and denying veterinary care, food, and water to thousands of severely sick and injured animals
Killing wildlife with pollutants
Large amounts of the company’s polluted wastewater killed more than 100,000 fish in a four-mile stretch of Missouri river
Captured by
Benny Joe Palomo (Prison ID #1491804)
Serving 42 years for:
Indecency with a minor
Multiple indecency counts
Shooting (with priors)
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.