Description:
Black and white photograph with two sections that resemble a mug shot. The left section depicts the head and shoulders of Alberto Gonzalez, holding a sign that says WASHINGTON, D.C. POLICE 1.25.2002. The right section is a profile view of the same person not holding a sign facing right.
Label Text:
"The nature of a 'war' against terrorism places a high premium on... the ability to quickly obtain information from captured terrorists and their sponsors...[t]his new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva Convention's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions." - Alberto Gonzalez, Legal Counsel, Memorandum to President Bush, January 25, 2002
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.)
Tags:
male; Political commentary; portraits; profiles Link to share this object record:
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