Hamlin, Janet - short clip - SketchingGuantanamo

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-	There are a lot of elements inside the courtroom	0:02
	that they don't want sketched are drawn,	0:05
	whether they're the soldiers,	0:09
	the troops lining the, you know,	0:11
	security detail and any kind of exit.	0:12
	And certain translators, or people like that,	0:17
	can opt out on having their features drawn.	0:20
	But at the time, it was expressly forbidden	0:23
	to draw Omar Khadr or anybody else who was a detainee.	0:26
	And every sketch that I do	0:33
	has to be reviewed by the security officer,	0:35
	who's the same fellow that can now	0:38
	currently censor any kind of verbal exchange.	0:41
	He can press a button and white out what we hear.	0:46
	And he has, occasionally,	0:49
	whoever is the security officer at the time,	0:50
	has asked me to erase	0:53
Interviewer	Why?	0:55
-	Or smudge out.	0:56
	They might feel that I've put in,	0:57
	you know, in Omar's face,	1:00
	you know, maybe I put	1:02
	like a socket or an indication of a shadow,	1:03
	so it wasn't just blank.	1:05
	And he'd say, you know, "Smudge that out more".	1:08
	With the limitations of what I can draw,	1:11
	the biggest tell is body language.	1:13
	What are people doing?	1:16
	How are they positioned?	1:17
	What are they gesturing or holding up?	1:18
	Where are they seated?	1:22
	You know, there's symbolism a lot	1:24
	with the 911 accused.	1:28
	Khalid Sheikh is in the front	1:31
	because it's his accusations	1:32
	and charges are of the highest order,	1:35
	and then the five sit based kind of on that.	1:38

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Title:

Hamlin, Janet - short clip - SketchingGuantanamo

Date:

October 1, 2017

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Hamlin, Janet

Role:

Artist

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Guantanamo Sketch Artist
Janet Hamlin, female, age 56, has been the only courtroom sketch artist for the Guantanamo Bay military commission hearings from 2006 to the present time. Because cameras are not permitted during hearings, Hamlin's work provides the only visual representation available.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

United States

Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

1:26:21

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

Source Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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Hamlin, Janet - short clip - SketchingGuantanamo

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