THE SCULPTURES
Artist Becky Gottsegen began sculpting portraits of men exonerated by Innocence & Justice Louisiana (IJLA) - formerly Innocence Project New Orleans - in 2021 when she was commissioned by the organization to create a portrait of Jerome Morgan which was gifted to him. She then sculpted a portrait of Jarvis Ballard and then Sullivan Walter and these portraits were also gifted to the men. After she had completed sculptures of Robert Jones and Raymond Flanks and gifted those to them, Becky was encouraged to put together an exhibition of the portraits. While attending the organization's gala in 2022, she took photos of the exonerees she met there and began the project of sculpting them all. Twenty-four of the men featured here were exonerated by IJLA and three by others but she hasn't stopped working towards sculpting more of the Louisiana exonerees still living.
