Operation Jurassic

'Operation Jurassic' explores the journey of a brother and sister photographers experiencing a prison sentence revealing personal moments and emotions.

'Operation Jurassic' emerges from Roxana and Pablo’s urge to detach from the situation they were faced with when Pablo was arrested in 2010 as part of one of the largest police investigations on graffiti in the United Kingdom in recent times. Over the course of three years they both documented the process of the arrest, imprisonment and release. Such documentation proved to bind them closer together allowing them to retrace and understand a new stage in their relationship as siblings.

Pablo was imprisoned on the 8th November 2012 for conspiracy to commit criminal damage, an offence that involves an array of artistic values and skills. He was sentenced to nineteen months in custody of which he served five and a half months at two different prison facilities in London and the rest on house arrest. Pablo’s situation had an effect on his personal and social life and consequently on Roxana’s too.

The compilation of legal documentation, paperwork, letters, drawings, diaries and photographs depicting emotions and moments before, during and after the custodial sentence seeks to provide the viewer with an intimate approach of the process whilst raising questions upon freedom, graffiti and the criminal justice system in the UK.

To view the project visit: www.roxanaallison.co.uk/operation-jurassic

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Pablo and Roxana, Manchester, 1984
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Pablo and Roxana, Manchester, 1984

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Looking back, looking forward, 2014
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Looking back, looking forward, 2014

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Pablo on his way to the solicitor's office with his girlfriend, London, Summer 2012
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Pablo on his way to the solicitor's office with his girlfriend, London, Summer 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Letter to Roxana, 2012
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Letter to Roxana, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - After Pablo's visit, Manchester, 2011
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After Pablo's visit, Manchester, 2011

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Wormwood Scrubs, 2006
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Wormwood Scrubs, 2006

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Untitled, 2012
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Untitled, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Case file opening note, 2012
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Case file opening note, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - The arrest / The raid, 2010
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The arrest / The raid, 2010

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Wormwood Scrubs, Winter 2012
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Wormwood Scrubs, Winter 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Wormwood Scrubs, 2006
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Wormwood Scrubs, 2006

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - From court to prison, Sweatbox view, 2012
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From court to prison, Sweatbox view, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Diary, Self-portrait, Pablo, Wormwood Scrubs, 2012
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Diary, Self-portrait, Pablo, Wormwood Scrubs, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Diary, Tree sketch from cell window, Wormwood Scrubs, 2012
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Diary, Tree sketch from cell window, Wormwood Scrubs, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Picture of tree outside prison taken by Roxana, Wormwood Scrubs, 2013
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Picture of tree outside prison taken by Roxana, Wormwood Scrubs, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - House arrest, London, 2013
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House arrest, London, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Uncertainty and anxiety, Manchester, 2011
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Uncertainty and anxiety, Manchester, 2011

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Sketch, 2013
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Sketch, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Cell, Wormwood Scrubs, 2006
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Cell, Wormwood Scrubs, 2006

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Home curfew device, 2013
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Home curfew device, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Return to reality, 2013
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Return to reality, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Spring, 2013
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Spring, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Things to do list, 2013
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Things to do list, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Welcome home, 2013
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Welcome home, 2013

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - After the sentence hearing, 2012
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After the sentence hearing, 2012

© Roxana and Pablo Allison - Limbo, 2013
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Limbo, 2013

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