FOREVER GOVERN IGNORANCE

"A popular government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives." – James Madison

Forever Govern Ignorance documents governmental information preserved in US Federal Depository Libraries. These close-up photographs are specifically images of microfiche cards that contain millions of government records, reports and proceedings. Once an image has been created, I pull the microfiche from the files to learn of the specific content housed on these thin sheets of film. I find these images ironically peaceful, quiet and soothing in light of the serious, and not so serious matters they contain.