we've fallen asleep at the idea of what a photograph is and what a public image is. And watching that discussion play out on the internet, that's been pretty fascinating.

Politics Happens Through the Eyes

By Morry Kolman

One of the odd quirks of symbolism that Roland Barthes gives attention to in his book Mythologies is election photography—the pictures that are taken and shared of the people that want to represent us. Writing about the political posters he was seeing around France at the time, he reflected on the... See more

On the Thursday morning after Congress ended the longest government shutdown in American history, I arrived to the White House at 8am. Nine hours later, I left with a giant shopping bag filled with presidential M&M’s featuring Donald Trump’s signature, a portfolio of photography, and a new appreciation that this government—this relentless,... See more