Kevin Bubriski’s protest photographs, the most recent of which were taken only five years before the 2016 election, are a kind of time capsule. Like many rediscoveries, they offer a sense of continuity while also revealing the distance between now and then. Today, those of us who are not essential workers, doing what we can to take care of ourselves and others from home, are faced with the task of organizing remotely, joining together in arenas other than the street. In addition to everything else it touches, Covid-19 may forever change the way Americans participate in political life.
Source : Portraits of American Protest
