{"product_id":"democrat-and-republican-2002","title":"Tim Davis: Democrat and Republican, 2002","description":"\u003cp\u003e“What if campaign signs, badges, bumper stickers, and flags aren't simply the ephemera of Americans' political lives, but their substance as well? That this phenomenon finds resonance in photography's arms-length access to its subjects makes Davis’ work deeply sad and grand at the same time.”—Peter Eeley, \u003cem\u003eFrieze\u003c\/em\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Davis is a photographer who sees unintended derangements of objects in offices, hospitals, strip malls, and the political sphere. \u003cem\u003eDemocrat and Republican\u003c\/em\u003e, 2002, from \u003cem\u003eMy Life in Politics\u003c\/em\u003e (Aperture, 2006) is part of the artist’s dissection of the current disenchantment that has become American politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis image was taken in a warehouse on the west side of Manhattan, where most of the city's voting booths are stored. Davis went there intending to photograph the clunky Cold War-era machines in their square-block-sized loft but instead became interested in the remnants of past elections lying around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe recalls that “this curious little vanitas was shoved over in a corner.” The stickers were used to designate Democratic or Republican ballots and sat on a pile of yellow voting registration records. “That act of transformative visual registration—taking something from the flux of visual information and cultural meaning—and shepherding it into thorough, self-aware picturehood is what my work is all about.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42514054086790,"sku":"L0112","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/5399\/1302\/files\/Aperture-L0112-1_44425abc-a9e3-4050-a225-71990edae330.jpg?v=1763775394","url":"https:\/\/store.aperture.org\/products\/democrat-and-republican-2002","provider":"Aperture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}