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The Camera Has No Denominator
In Tehran, they came dressed in black.
Women in chadors gathered beneath the banners of the state, their bodies arranged into the visual grammar of mourning: rows of veiled figures, coffins raised above the crowd, flags moving through the air, grief translated into choreography. The cameras found the most legible symbols first. The loyal. The devout. The disciplined. The people willing to stand for hours beneath the sun and allow their sorrow—or obedience, or fear, or conviction—to become part of a national image.
In Washington, they came dressed alike.
White masks. Blue shirts. Khaki…
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