Chapter Five

Flanked by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. President George W. Bush addresses reporters on a road outside his ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 23, 2004.

Christopher Morris
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2012
American Faith

Christopher Churchill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
The New Heartland — Misty Lane, Copley, Ohio.

Andrew Borowiec
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2006
Black_River_Falls2006P

Brian Ulric
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2006
PFC Alba was walking home from the bus station when I met him, completing the final steps of his journey home from Korea. The photograph was made before the Iraq War, where he later served two tours with the Marines before retiring. He is alive and well today. The image remains, for me, a reflection on those who serve, those who are lost to war, and the innocent lives caught within it.

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
Barack Obama

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2016
Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013) and Democratic presidential nominee (2016).

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2016
Occupy Wall Street

Matthew Septimus
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
Occupy Wall Street

Matthew Septimus
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
The Invisible Yoke — Ellen Cooking Fries. Greenwood, Mississippi, 2010.

Matt Eich
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2010
The Invisible Yoke — Charlottesville, Virginia, 2015.

Matt Eich
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2015
The Invisible Yoke — Plywood Jesus. Shade, Ohio, 2008.

Matt Eich
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2008
The Invisible Yoke — Clayton Riling, Shank, and Money. Carbondale, Ohio, 2007.

Matt Eich
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
Occupy Wall Street

Matthew Septimus
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
Occupy Wall Street

Matthew Septimus
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
We the People

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2012
A minister walks toward his church. Hillsborough Pike, Tennessee.

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2008
Sergeant Juan Valderrama patrols the streets of the Bronx in search of recruits for George W. Bush’s “surge.” In 2007, the administration increased U.S. troop levels in Iraq.

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
We the People

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2006
Sergeant First Class John Davis, a two-time Iraq veteran, coaches a youth baseball team for soldiers’ children at Fort Hood, where duties are shared among soldiers during deployments. Fort Hood, Texas.

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2006
We the People

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2006
Power Plant, Los Angeles, California

Christopher Churchill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2023
Stepping Through the Ashes — Because the body of firefighter Fontana had not yet been found, an empty casket was carried into and out of the church.

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
Pro-Life March. San Francisco, California.

Ken Light
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2018
Pro-Life March. San Francisco, California.

Ken Light
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2018
A hand holds a Donald Trump figurine in front of the White House during the inauguration of the 45th president. Washington, D.C.

Ken Light
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017
A supporter wearing “Make America Great Again” apparel attends a campaign rally for President Donald Trump.

Ken Light
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2018
Surveillance of the Statue of Liberty.

Ken Light
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2011
Bank Vault, Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Ken Light
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2006
Joe Biden

Martin Schoeller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2016
President Barack Obama walks along the colonnade of the White House. Washington, D.C.

Christopher Morris
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2012
American Faith

Christopher Churchill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
Stepping Through the Ashes — Lieutenant William Ryan and his granddaughter, Haley.

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
Stepping Through the Ashes — The Staten Island Ferry runs through the fog toward Manhattan

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
Stepping Through the Ashes — Exhausted and still wearing his mask, a firefighter sits alone in the rubble.

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
Stepping Through the Ashes — Among other posters taped to a mailbox is one for Catherine “Cat” Fairfax MacRae

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
Stepping Through the Ashes — For sale: At a shop across from Ground Zero, a dust-covered snow globe of the city as it once was

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
Stepping Through the Ashes — Children near Ground Zero try to shield themselves from the acrid air.

Eugene Richards
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2002
The Great Recession — Rialto Theatre. The financial crisis revealed how deeply capitalism is embedded in the American psyche: any threat to it becomes existential, evoking an obsession with the End Times.

Brian Ulrich
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2009
A plane crashes into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Rob Howard
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2001
A plane crashes into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Rob Howard
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2001
American Faith

Christopher Churchill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
Supreme Court Ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.

Supreme Court of the United States
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2014
American Faith

Christopher Churchill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
Crowds boo the media at a Trump rally. Montoursville, Pennsylvania.

Peter van Agtmeal
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2019
September 11, 2001, Queens, NY

Katie Murray
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2001
We the People

Greg Miller
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2004
Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack. Washington, D.C.

Nate Gowdy
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2021
Supporters seek handshakes and autographs as Donald Trump ends his campaign rally a few days before 2016 caucuses. Iowa City, IA

Evgeny Feldman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2016
Same-Sex Marriage — Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis exchange vows before Judge Thelton Henderson at San Francisco City Hall on June 17, 2008, the first full day of legal same-sex marriage in California. The couple were plaintiffs in the lawsuit that helped secure marriage equality in the state.

Darcy Padilla
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2008
The Great Recession — A passerby’s reflection in a dirty shop window where “HELP" is scrawled,

Darcy Padilla
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2017
Same-Sex Marriage — Tara Walsh and Wen Minkoff check in for their marriage ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California.

Darcy Padilla
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2008
American Faith

Christopher Churchill
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2007
Fake News Archive

Eric Kunsman
Photograph, Archival pigment, 2019

Act One Gallery – Chapter Five

A Century in the Making

October 22, 2026- February 22, 2027

Chapter Five

Act One Gallery – Chapter Five

A Century in the Making

October 22, 2026- February 22, 2027

Chapter Five

Flanked by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. President George W. Bush addresses reporters on a road outside his ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 23, 2004.

American Faith

The New Heartland — Misty Lane, Copley, Ohio.

Black_River_Falls2006P

Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013) and Democratic presidential nominee (2016).

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

The Invisible Yoke — Ellen Cooking Fries. Greenwood, Mississippi, 2010.

The Invisible Yoke — Charlottesville, Virginia, 2015.

The Invisible Yoke — Plywood Jesus. Shade, Ohio, 2008.

The Invisible Yoke — Clayton Riling, Shank, and Money. Carbondale, Ohio, 2007.

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

We the People

A minister walks toward his church. Hillsborough Pike, Tennessee.

Sergeant Juan Valderrama patrols the streets of the Bronx in search of recruits for George W. Bush’s “surge.” In 2007, the administration increased U.S. troop levels in Iraq.

We the People

Sergeant First Class John Davis, a two-time Iraq veteran, coaches a youth baseball team for soldiers’ children at Fort Hood, where duties are shared among soldiers during deployments. Fort Hood, Texas.

We the People

Power Plant, Los Angeles, California

Stepping Through the Ashes — Because the body of firefighter Fontana had not yet been found, an empty casket was carried into and out of the church.

Pro-Life March. San Francisco, California.

Pro-Life March. San Francisco, California.

A hand holds a Donald Trump figurine in front of the White House during the inauguration of the 45th president. Washington, D.C.

A supporter wearing “Make America Great Again” apparel attends a campaign rally for President Donald Trump.

Surveillance of the Statue of Liberty.

Bank Vault, Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Joe Biden

President Barack Obama walks along the colonnade of the White House. Washington, D.C.

American Faith

Stepping Through the Ashes — Lieutenant William Ryan and his granddaughter, Haley.

Stepping Through the Ashes — The Staten Island Ferry runs through the fog toward Manhattan

Stepping Through the Ashes — Exhausted and still wearing his mask, a firefighter sits alone in the rubble.

Stepping Through the Ashes — Among other posters taped to a mailbox is one for Catherine “Cat” Fairfax MacRae

Stepping Through the Ashes — For sale: At a shop across from Ground Zero, a dust-covered snow globe of the city as it once was

Stepping Through the Ashes — Children near Ground Zero try to shield themselves from the acrid air.

The Great Recession — Rialto Theatre. The financial crisis revealed how deeply capitalism is embedded in the American psyche: any threat to it becomes existential, evoking an obsession with the End Times.

A plane crashes into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

A plane crashes into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

American Faith

Supreme Court Ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.

American Faith

Crowds boo the media at a Trump rally. Montoursville, Pennsylvania.

September 11, 2001, Queens, NY

We the People

Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack. Washington, D.C.

Supporters seek handshakes and autographs as Donald Trump ends his campaign rally a few days before 2016 caucuses. Iowa City, IA

Same-Sex Marriage — Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis exchange vows before Judge Thelton Henderson at San Francisco City Hall on June 17, 2008, the first full day of legal same-sex marriage in California. The couple were plaintiffs in the lawsuit that helped secure marriage equality in the state.

The Great Recession — A passerby’s reflection in a dirty shop window where “HELP" is scrawled,

Same-Sex Marriage — Tara Walsh and Wen Minkoff check in for their marriage ceremony at San Francisco City Hall on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California.

American Faith

Fake News Archive