The 20th century lingered before finally fading on January 20th. Institutions drifted, detached from their founding principles, while people navigated a prolonged decline. Representation exists in the space between reality and its depiction, shaping how institutions mediate our lives. Photography’s paradox mirrors this tension—absence as both promise and threat. Desire, inheritance, and consumption intertwine, leaving behind only documents as proof of existence, reducing identity to forensic remnants.
