In Black and White: Family Immigration and Deportation Illustrations
For the Fall 2017 issue of VERDICT –a journal by the National Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals – I created these quick, visceral black and white illustrations on what desperate families crossing our borders face. I drew these images in August 2017, they sadly have even more resonance today. What do people in this situation feel? What does a child feel being separated from parents? How would I feel? These are the questions I ask when I created these drawings to help me capture an emotional truth in each piece.
Child Internment Illustration by Chuck Todd, Verdict 2017. Pen and Ink/mixed media on board
DETAINED Illustration by Chuck Todd, Verdict 2017. Pen and Ink/mixed media on board
Pen & Ink, mixed media Illustration by Chuck Todd for Verdict story on Immigration and Deportation
The image below shows a young girl being taken from her parents by U.S. officials. I created this drawing for the January 2015 issue of VERDICT, about laws that allow children of foreign nationals to be taken from their parents. The drawing now seems like a foreshadowing of what is happening in 2018 on a massive scale.
Deportation Officials take a little girl away from her parents who are seen crying in the background. Pencil drawing by Chuck Todd. Published by Verdict in Jan. 2015
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