Photographs included in this book come from a variety of sources and are either copyrighted or may have other use restrictions. Please contact the individual or archive cited with use-related questions.
All historical photographs of Alcatraz are from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area/Park Archives and Records Center unless otherwise noted.
All images of artworks by Ai Weiwei courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio unless otherwise noted.
Ben Fash, courtesy Golden Gate NRA: pp. 4–5, 50–51, 95 (top), 96; Robert Divers Herrick, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation: pp. 8, 27, 42, 61, 62–63, 64, 66, 69, 70–71, 82–83, 85, 86–87, 89, 90, 91, 99, 100–101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 113, 114–115, 118, 121, 138–139; Monique Deschaines, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation: p. 9; Ben Blackwell, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation: p. 11 (left); Jan Stürmann, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation: pp. 15, 16, 19, 52–53, 88, 112, 128, 130–131, 135 (left), 190–191; Eric Gregory Powell, courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio: pp. 12, 65, 67, 122–123, 137, 153; National Archives and Records Administration Collection: p. 20; Collection of the Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas: p. 21 (left); Weed/McPherson Family Alcatraz Photograph Collection, courtesy National Park Service/Golden Gate NRA: p. 22 (right); San Francisco Public Library Collection: p. 24; Courtesy the artist and Haines Gallery: p. 37; © UN Photo: p. 47 (all photos); Betty Wallar Collection, courtesy Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives: pp. 55, 57; Carl Sundtrom Alcatraz Photograph Collection, courtesy Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives: p. 56; Alison Taggart-Barone, courtesy Golden Gate NRA: pp. 58, 92–93, 95 (bottom); © Jock Fistick: p. 108; © Robert Alexander/Getty Images: p. 109; Wikimedia Commons/Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views, New York Public Library: p. 110; Courtesy USC Libraries Special Collections: p. 111; Don DeNevi Research and Manuscript Collection, courtesy Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives: p. 117, 154; © Sergey Ponomarev/AP: p. 125; © Marcelo Montecino/Flickr Vision/Getty Images: p. 127; © Bettmann/CORBIS: pp. 133, 183; Sheppeard Alcatraz Collection, courtesy Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives: p. 134; Phil Dollison Alcatraz Collection, courtesy Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives: p. 135 (right); Philip Grosser Papers, courtesy Jean Grosser: pp. 159, 160; © Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images: p. 164; © Bill Hudson/AP Photo: p. 167; © Universal History Archive/Getty Images: p. 169; © Bill Ray/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images: p. 171; © Ilka Hartmann: pp. 172, 174, 179; Bob Kreisel Indian Occupation Collection, courtesy Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives: p. 175; Courtesy Elvin Willie: pp. 176, 178; Wikimedia Commons, Username: Tewy: p. 180; © Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images: p. 184; © Chris Niedenthal/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images: p. 186; Henrik Kam: pp. 190–191
All artwork and site descriptions: Juliet Clark
pp. 29–45: “Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz” essay © Maya Kóvskaya.
p. 125: Pussy Riot’s “Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away (Punk Prayer)” first appeared in Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom (New York: Feminist Press, 2013). Reprinted with permission from Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
p. 126: Víctor Jara’s “Manifesto” first appeared in Martín Espada, ed., His Hands Were Gentle: Selected Lyrics of Víctor Jara (Middlesbrough, UK: Smokestack Books, 2012). Words © Joan Jara and Amanda Jara, English translation © Joan Jara and Adrian Mitchell. Reprinted with permission from Smokestack Books.
p. 129: Lyrics and English translation of Lolo’s “Raise the Tibetan Flag, Children of the Snowland” courtesy High Peaks Pure Earth. For more information, see http://highpeakspureearth.com.
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Ai Weiwei, Trace, 2014 (detail); installation: LEGO plastic bricks; part of @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, Alcatraz Island, 2014–2015