Day 721

Last trench of truth

—It’s banal, but knowing.

—Knowing.

—Well, knowing-but-not-really-caring. You know, like, detached and above, but not critical, or not cynical rather, kind of like embracing the whole thing, the whole product...

—What product?

—The product of Ukraine, insofar as it is filtered through a sort of, like, lovely-little-things aesthetic, you know, like things that tug gently at the memory as well as would look really kind of, like, detached.

—And who is the target audience?

—Well, you know, anyone.

—And it’s mostly visual.

—Oh yes, we have all these lovely-little-things to shoot, like death, injury and persecution.

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Oleksandr Glyadelov and Oleksandr Chekmenev and (Photo c/o Stefaniia (edited w/ Pixlr ai to remove her hand)

Documentary photography is the last trench of truth, because no one has believed words for a long time. There are some things that must remain honest. If someone makes a propaganda image - and every war needs propaganda, I understand that - you have to make sure it is used for its intended purpose¹. — Oleksandr Glyadelov

Out of the blue on a summer-like sunny day in early February, I received the above photograph on Telegram. The Bird in Flight project came to mind.

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On the Team USA jacket, Speaker Mike looks to be in a pretty pickle. He wants a one-on-one pow wow w/ Uncle Joe before deciding —or not— to floor a supplemental passed by the Senate to provide assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Mike probably wants to chit chat about the idiotic linkage of the measure to border security.

1. Bird in Flight (Interview, 2016)