Perspective: What the political fight over a photo teaches us about the power of art, grassroots activism and images.
Made by Subhankar Banerjee in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the photograph, Boxer claimed, offered powerful visual evidence as to why oil drilling should not take place in this remote Alaskan landscape. She urged her fellow senators to vote against fossil fuel development in the Arctic Refuge — a plan being pushed by George W. Bush’s administration as part of a Republican budget bill.
These plans changed dramatically, however, after the Senate voted against oil drilling. The museum informed Banerjee that the show would be moved from its prime venue on the main floor to a narrow corridor downstairs behind an escalator and near a freight elevator. Museum officials also stripped down the captions, removing context to offer only the most basic information.
But what everyone missed was the vital work done by images before Boxer displayed the polar bear picture. Images don’t just suddenly sway the powerful. They circulate at the grass-roots level over time, to galvanize public concern and make political change.
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