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Documentary photographs are presented with their archival context. The author portrait, formal portrait, and photographic collection were supplied by Martin from his own archives. The formal blazer-and-flag portrait appears in the June 2021 public-post archive; the outdoor-table portrait appears in the June 2026 story archive. Source dates describe publication records where a capture date is unknown. The small institutional portrait appears on the HKS D.C. Council roster. The United Nations event photograph is from 2019. Archival photography is distinct from current portraiture.

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Archival portrait source · Institutional roster

Raphael artwork

The homepage uses Raphael’s The School of Athens (1509–1511), a public-domain reproduction sourced from Wikimedia Commons, also used by the connected literary site. It is presented in color beneath a restrained overlay.

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