Before SARA BENNETT became a photographer documenting women with life sentences, she worked for 18 years as a criminal defense attorney specializing in representing battered women and the wrongly convicted. She has published three books: Life After Life in Prison, Life After Life in Prison: The Bedroom Project, and Looking Inside: Portraits of Women Serving Life Sentences. Her images have been widely exhibited and featured in such publications as The New York Times, The New Yorker Photo Booth, PBS News Hour/Art Beat, PDN Photo of the Day, Variety, and Rolling Stone’s “American (In)Justice.” Her work can be viewed at lifeafterlifeinprison.com
JOSH BEGLEY is a data artist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the creator of Metadata+, an iPhone app that tracks U.S. drone strikes. Begley is the director of two short films, Concussion Protocol (2018) and Best of Luck with the Wall (2016), both produced by Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras. His work has appeared at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Met Breuer, New York Film Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He teaches at Columbia Law School.
CREDITS
STILL HERECreated by
Zahra Rasool
Sarah Springer
Creative directors and producers
Zahra Rasool
Viktorija Mickute
360 videos directed by
Naima Ramos-Chapman
360 video story written by
Naima Ramos-Chapman
Director of Photography
Alan Bucaria
VR Post Production
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Alan Bucaria
Written by
Carvell Wallace
Post Production Leads
Viktorija Mickute
Alan Bucaria
Maria Fernanda Lauret
Voice Actors
Jasmine – Le’Asha Julius
Uncle Maxie - Jeorge Bennett Watson
Colleen - Crystal Arnette
Homeless person - James Brown-Orleans
Curated by
Fred Ritchin
Production by
Zoe Freilich
Website design
Miles Goscha
Six Women © Sara Bennett
Pison Map © Josh Begley
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