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I WISH TO SAY (THE BIRTHDAY PROJECT) presents an uncensored glance at American public opinion on pre...
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I WISH TO SAY (THE BIRTHDAY PROJECT) presents an uncensored glance at American public opinion on presidential politics. The book features letters to the President by people across the country and photographic portraits of the letter-writers. The book is the creation of Brooklyn-based artist and author Sheryl Oring, who typed the letters as they were dictated to her by people who stopped by her public “office” during a 2006 tour of her public performance project. Dressed in vintage clothing, Oring typed the messages verbatim on her manual typewriter, sending the original to the White House and keeping a carbon copy for her archive. While Oring typed the letters, photographer Dhanraj Emanuel took portraits of each person who participated in shows in Brooklyn; Indianapolis; Raleigh; Tampa; Houston; Des Moines; Albuquerque and Yosemite National Park.
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