The Good Citizen explores how American society came to be what it is today. Over a period of eight years, Benjamin Rasmussen travelled to 43 states and was introduced to over 500 people as he investigated the impact of the country’s complex history on contemporary society. In this new book, Rasmussen’s photographs are combined with essays by Frank H. Wu and collectively they seek to provoke thought and conversation around the complicated nature of American identity.Within this five chaptered project, click on “Captions” for extensive contextual information on the images and on “Essay” for Frank H. Wu’s essay that corresponds with the specific chapter.
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CHAPTER 1: VIOLENCE
CHAPTER 2: EXCLUSION
CHAPTER 3: ARCHETYPE
CHAPTER 4: BEAUTY
CHAPTER 5: SURVEILLANCE