Shameless self-promotion

The Brooklyn Rail hosts another Rant/Rhapsody at Freddy's this Sunday. Hope to see you there.

How we got here

Fraternity from Richard Mosse.

Here's how Mosse describes the 5 min work:

Fraternity was shot at Yale University's infamous DKE frat house in under an hour. The men were happy to participate in the project in exchange for a keg of beer. They compete against each other to shout or scream the loudest and for the longest time. When they cannot scream any longer they must stop, and cannot begin again. DKE (pronounced Deke) stands for Delta Kappa Epsilon, and counts five US presidents in its alumni, including George Bush Jr, George Bush Sr, Gerald Ford and Theodore Roosevelt. Other famous Dekes include three Justices of the US Supreme Court, one Vice President, and countless State Governors, Senators and Speakers.

For me, Mosse's images of palatial ruins in Iraq match: