The Photographer Who Shot Her Way Through the Trump Years

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( a long talk [‘How Do We Learn to Live With This?’]( Gillian Laub was horrified by her family’s support for Trump. So she turned her camera into a “mediator.” Photo: Gillian Laub The photographer Gillian Laub grew up in a well-off New York City suburb, in a Jewish family whose defining quality was “a lot”: a lot of people, a lot of money, a lot of expression, a lot of love. As she developed her practice, photographing and building relationships with many people whose lives were harder than her own, Laub began to feel discomfort about her upbringing. It spurred her to examine her relationship to her family and the push-pull she’d felt with them throughout her life. Still, she assumed that she and her relatives stood on common moral ground. Then, in 2016, her parents — as well as her sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and many close family friends — became Trump devotees, and she felt that ground give way. [Read The Story »]( The Latest TV Recaps • [90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way:]( Evelin vs. Ari for the Title of Season’s Worst Person • [Sex Education:]( It’s Always Been You • [Reservation Dogs:]( Unfinished Business • [The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City:]( Do You Get Your Beaver Knitted? • [Scenes From a Marriage:](It’s Now or Never • [The Walking Dead:]( A Tale of Three Cities • [Billions:](Eggs at Dawn [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Biz Markie Had Exactly What Hip-Hop Needed Rap’s pioneering “Clown Prince” as remembered by his friends, family, collaborators, and admirers.]( [The Emmys Need to Watch More TV In a television landscape undergoing explosive growth, the TV Academy isn’t looking far or wide enough.]( [R. Kelly’s Sex-Crimes Trial Nears Its Bitter End The prosecution has rested, and the defense case is already a mess.]( [Let Nicolas Cage Guide You Through the Madness of Prisoners of the Ghostland In Japanese director Sion Sono’s eye-popping postapocalyptic Western-samurai-sci-fi epic, the actor gets to play hero, villain, and clown.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Devour pop culture with us: [Subscribe to Vulture now for unlimited access.]( Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by CBS A recap of the 2021 Emmy Awards including [the best and worst speeches and moments]( of the night. [Read more from Vulture]( If you enjoyed reading Vulture’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or dive deeper into the Vulture universe with our other newsletters: • [1.5x Speed](: Podcast recommendations and listening notes from Nick Quah, sent every Wednesday. • [Buffering](: Joe Adalian reports on the streaming industry, sent every Thursday. • [Read Like the Wind](: Book recommendations and literary mischief by Molly Young, sent the first Tuesday of every month. • [The Housewives Institute Bulletin](: For dedicated students of the Reality TV Arts and Sciences, sent every other Friday. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved