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Janet Hamlin at Fantagraphics Bookstore
By The Editor
December 19, 2013 - 17:25





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Event poster for Janet Hamlin reception at Fantagraphics Bookstore

Guantanamo Courtroom Sketch Artist Janet Hamlin at Fantagraphics Bookstore on December 28

Please join everyone at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, December 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM as we host a reception and book signing with Janet Hamlin. Her fascinating book, Sketching Guantanamo, captures the conditions faced by detainees in the makeshift island internment compound. Hamlin served as the media pool sketch artist, and was among a handful of journalists to bear witness to the military tribunals of accused terrorists and “enemy combatants.” Neither sentimental nor didactic, Hamlin’s evocative drawings provide a revealing look at this enigmatic episode of American jurisprudence.

Journalists at Guantanamo were subject to draconian security measures. Their living and working conditions were arduous. Courtroom photography was banned. As a result, Hamlin’s deft imagery provides the only visual record of these unparalleled proceedings. Her work was subject to approval by not only the military authorities but also the defendants themselves. Hamlin boldly persevered, and her chronicle of this unprecedented period of American history is captivating.

This inspiring artist will appear on December 28 at an informal reception and book signing event at Fantagraphics Bookstore, located at 1201 S. Vale Street in the heart of Seattle’s historic Georgetown art community.

Listing Information:
Janet Hamlin book signing Sketching Guantanamo: Court Sketches of the Military Tribunals, 2006 - 2103
Saturday, December 28, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Fantagraphics Bookstore
1201 S. Vale Street, Seattle, WA 98108 | 206.658.0110
Open Daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM. Sundays until 5:00 PM.

 



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