'When I Think About Power' č una serie fotografica in bianco e nero realizzata da Eric Hart Jr. che presenta 60 ritratti incentrati sul concetto di potere in relazione all'esperienza dei neri queer. Fin da adolescente Hart ha sperimentato una certa difficoltą nell'affermare la propria identitą. Questo processo, comune alla maggior parte degli adolescenti, per lui č stato particolarmente difficile in quanto nero e queer in uno stato storicamente conservatore come la Georgia. L'approccio alla fotografia ha rappresentato per lui un punto di svolta perchč gli ha permesso di acquisire quella sicurezza di cui sentiva la mancanza. Con una rinnovata fiducia in sč Hart ha finalmente potuto confrontarsi con il mondo, scoprendo una dinamica di forza e potere prima sconosciute. Questa serie documenta il viaggio alla scoperta del suo nuovo tono di voce, del suo potere interiore.

On May 1, 1865, two weeks after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, recently inaugurated president Andrew Johnson appointed John Frederick Hartranft to command the military prison at the Washington Arsenal, where the U.S. government had just incarcerated the seven men and one woman accused of complicity in the shooting. From that day through the execution of four of the accomplices, the Pennsylvania-born general held responsibility for the most notorious prisoners in American history. A strict adherent to protocol, Hartranft kept a meticulously detailed account of his experiences in the form of a letterbook. In The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators, noted Lincoln scholars Edward Steers, Jr., and Harold Holzer, in partnership with the National Archives, present this fascinating historical record for the first time with contextual materials and expert annotations, providing a remarkable glimpse behind the scenes of the assassination's aftermath.

Hartranft oversaw every aspect of the prisoners' daily lives, from making sure they were fed and kept clean to ensuring that no one communicated with them except on the written orders of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. In his Letterbook, Hartranft scrupulously recounts the arrival of each prisoner and describes the prison routine -- which included three simple meals a day, a twice-daily cell inspection by Hartranft himself, and frequent physical examinations by an army physician. The prisoners wore wrist and leg shackles and, controversially, most of them wore special hoods designed to isolate them from their surroundings.

When the conspirators' trial began, the nation waited eagerly for news, and many sought retribution against those they held responsible for the nation's grief. Hartranft resisted calls for both vengeance and mercy and continued to treat his notorious charges as humanely as possible, facilitating meetings with clergy and sending letters to and from family members. Yet, as his detached, detailed description of the execution of four of the conspirators shows, he did not allow emotion to impede the performance of his duty.

The legal and moral issues surrounding the conspirators' trial -- the extraordinary use of military rather than civil justice, the treatment of the accused while incarcerated, the fine line between swift and precipitous justice -- remain volatile, unsettled issues today. Hartranft's keen observations, ably analyzed by historians Steers and Holzer, will add a riveting new chapter to the story of Lincoln's assassination.