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Time is Now: Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s America at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts!

I went to an anti-war meeting. At the end, during Q&A, I raised my hand to make a comment. "Earlier someone had asked what we can do next, well, our congressman is coming up for vote march 20, and in November. We could try and see about increasing voter turnout for these elections, and encouraging a candidate to support anti-war." One panelist responded to me right way, saying that focusing on the vote was a flawed plan, no candidate could ever be trusted, essentially. He said the system was flawed. I was floored. I did not expect this response at all. I tried to respond, but I failed to find elegance, and the discussion quickly devolved into a back & forth semi-argument. Certainly not my preferred outcome. I spoke with Gus after the event. He was friendly. We exchanged ideas, and we found a lot of common ground. I gave him my email, and he said he would forward me some studies to look into. I hope I hear from him soon. Perhaps next time I will have quicker and more elegant rebuttals for naysayers.

Meet Pierre Leguillon today and fixed his Polaroid. His lecture starts in a few minutes at Harvard's Carpenter Center. He’s covering a history of photography! Pumped!

Stephen Prina, on Mythologies

Night & day at the Harvard CCVA