Rancho del Cielo, a 688-acre ranch northwest of Santa Barbara, was owned and used by US president Ronald Reagan as the “Western White House” during his presidency. His widow, Nancy Reagan, sold the property to the Young America’s Foundation, a conservative group that preserves it today as “a living monument to Reagan’s ideas, values, and lasting accomplishments.” The ranch is closed to the public, but the foundation offers students and supporters an opportunity to visit the property. The foundation is headquartered in a building adjacent to Highway 101, near the Santa Barbara Railroad Station. The foundation calls this headquarters building “A Schoolhouse for Reaganism” and offers four floors of classrooms, lecture space, a movie theatre, ranch exhibits and a library of resources designed to “bring conservative ideas to life.” I photographed the entrance to the headquarters by placing the frame of one its open doors directly through the middle of a panting of the former president. The painting is mounted on a black background hanging from the building’s façade. By dividing and partially obscuring Reagan's face with the door frame, I abstract the painting to change its meaning. Can the former president be winking at us? The curve of the doorframe leads from his face to the entryway itself. This image may convey differing messages for people holding divergent opinions of Reagan, the president. His supporters may see the wink I’ve created here as a tribute to his trademark sense of humor, while others might read the image as a comment on a former president who some feel governed with one eye shut. If an image can express different ideas to different people, it will be all the stronger for it.