The Ghosts of Ellis Island

In August 2014, JR was invited to work on the South Side of Ellis Island, an abandoned hospital complex facing the Statue of Liberty - the gateway to the United States for 12 million immigrants, from 1892 to 1954. He revisited the archives of Ellis Island and created a permanent exhibition of life-size installations in these buildings so full in stories.

Art Spiegelman, author of the famous graphic novel Maus, immigrated to the United States in 1951. He collaborates with JR on this book, illustrating on photographs, visiting notable stories of immigrants that came through Ellis Island.