Politics isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s a side glance in a quiet chamber, the pause before a pen hits paper, the backroom deal that never makes the news.

From campaign stops and committee rooms to rotundas filled with protest, these photographs follow power where it moves and stalls—mostly in Mississippi, sometimes beyond. A flag comes down. A new one goes up. Presidents shake hands. State leaders make decisions that ripple far past the Capitol steps.

I’ve stood where the public gathers and where decisions get made out of sight. I’ve watched ceremonies and standoffs, grief and grandstanding. These images don’t aim to glorify or condemn. They’re about seeing—what’s said, what’s not, and what it all means for the people on the ground.

In a time when trust is scarce and spin is constant, the lens stays steady. It doesn’t take sides. It bears witness.

This is politics as usual. But usual doesn’t mean unimportant. It means real.