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Fake News and Alternative Views: Documenting Contemporary America

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Peter van Agtmael President Barack Obama with his wife Michelle and daughter Malia greet the crowd at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, North Carolina. USA. 2012. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael From 'Buzzing at the Sill': A Second Line Parade. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 2012.  © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael James Armstrong, Martin Luther King Jr's barber and the first person to integrate his children into the Birmingham public school system, stands near his barber shop. He died a few months later. Bir (...)
Peter van Agtmael From Coal Mining in West Virginia: Inside a Kentucky Fried Chicken. Logan, WV, USA. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael An American artillery crew from the 82nd Airborne at a firebase in Shalalat, East Mosul. Their 155mm guns are called in to support Iraqi forces battling ISIS. Mosul, Iraq. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael From 'Buzzing at the Sill': Treasure's family at their home in Detroit. Shelley 'Treasure' Hilliard was murdered by a drug dealer after acting as a police informant following an arrest for marijuan (...)
Peter van Agtmael Graffiti written by soldiers on the walls of bathroom stalls. Ali Al Salem, Kuwait. 2006. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Members of the KKK gather for a BBQ and cross lighting/burning ritual in Maryland. USA. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally at Verizon Center on the eve of the primary. Donald Trump ultimately won the Republican primary and Bernie Sanders won the Democratic. Manchester, NH, US (...)
Peter van Agtmael Early in the morning after Election Day. People watch the returns coming in at Times Square. Donald J. Trump won the election in a startling reversal of expectation. November 9th, 2016. NYC, USA. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Security at the Voices of the People: Make America Great Again Welcome Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Washington, DC, USA. January 19th, 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Richard Spencer, American white nationalist, known for promoting white supremacist views and coining the term Alt-Right. Spencer advocates for a white homeland for a "dispossessed white race" and c (...)
Peter van Agtmael A member of the KKK after a cross lighting/burning. Maryland, USA. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos