My Badge Says I Can Do No Wrong consists of two rows of six 10" x 10" prints. In the top row are three portraits of the police officer Betty Shelby, interrupted by a portrait of Terence Crutcher, and followed by two more portraits of Shelby. Similarly, the bottom row consists of two portraits of the judge Aaron Persky, interrupted by a portrait of Brock Turner, and then followed by three more portraits of Persky. Both the portraits of Shelby and those of Persky have a sense of graininess from the woodblock. Both are printed over with just enough transparency to tell who they are, thus highlighting their badges, suits and uniforms. In other words, cultural signifiers of the category of authorities are singled out.

This project shows how categories of persons (in this case, authorities) are performative and need to be repeated so as to establish themselves. However, each time a category is repeated, there's a chance that it could be disrupted. These two rows of prints indicate the repetition and the disruption.