Sarah Elizabeth Lewis
Vision & Justice
2022
Philadelphia, PA | Boston, MA
American citizenship has long been a project of vision and justice. These words were a part of my guest editor's note for the "Vision & Justice" issue of Aperture. I reflected upon them again in considering how these cover images for the magazine — one by Richard Avedon, the other by Awol Erizku — emblematize how the foundational right of representation in a democracy, the right to be recognized justly, has historically and is still urgently tied to the work of vision in the public realm.
![Photograph by Taisuke Yamada](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64b5909d76545a7c25dc90bd/64b5909d76545a7c25dc9673_Philadelphia_PA_SarahElizabethLewis_Vision%26Justice_Photographer%3DTaisukeYamada_004.jpg)
![Photograph by Taisuke Yamada](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64b5909d76545a7c25dc90bd/64b5909d76545a7c25dc966f_Philadelphia_PA_SarahElizabethLewis_Vision%26Justice_Photographer%3DTaisukeYamada_001.jpg)
![Photograph by Taisuke Yamada](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64b5909d76545a7c25dc90bd/64b5909d76545a7c25dc9671_Boston_MA_SarahElizabethLewis_Vision%26Justice_Photographer%3DTaisukeYamada_IG%40waniwanipanicdj_004.jpg)
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