Description:
Black and white photograph with two sections that resemble a mug shot. The left section depicts the head and shoulders of Paul Wolfowitz, holding a sign that says WASHINGTON DC APO 105 519 5.12.2001. The right section is a profile view of the same person not holding a sign facing right.
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Senator: ...A bag over your head for 72 hours, is that humane?
Wolfowitz: Let me come back to what you said, 'The work...
Senator: No, answer the question Mr. Secretary. 'Is that humane?'
Wolfowitz: (pause)... I don't know whether it means a bag over your head for 72
hours, Senator, I don't know.
Senator: Mr. Secretary, you're dissembling, nonresponsive.
- Paul Wolfowitz, nominated Undersecretary of Defense, February 18, 2003
Since 2004, Ligorano/Reese investigated portraiture as a construct of social representation. Line Up (2004-5), their series of portraits of Bush administration officials in mug shot, acknowledges that the mug shot is the preeminent form of portraiture now that more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than any other country in the world. In December, 2007, the exhibition of these photos at the New York Public Library caused a firestorm of controversy with heavy rotation on FoxNews, DrudgeReport’s homepage and many, many other publications. (This statement is from the artist's website bio.)
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