Sarah Blesener at Anastasia Photo

After a stint photographing patriotic camps and schools in Russia, US photojournalist Sarah Blesener turned her focus to schools like the Utah Patriot Camp, a short summer camp in Utah that aims to help kids memorize the articles of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and more.  Blesener’s goal – to invite conversation about nationalism vs patriotism – makes for a timely and provocative body of work.  (On view at Anastasia Photo on the Lower East Side through April 1st). 

Sarah Blesener, photo taken at Utah Patriot Camp, Herriman, Utah, 2017-18.