Fashion

The 2020 Presidential Election Through the Eyes of Magnum Photographers

Over 72 hours, 30 Magnum members photographed across six US states and 12 countries, capturing rallies, debates, simmering tensions, isolation, unity, and conflict….

In the days and weeks leading up to this year’s U.S. election, as the ever-narrowing race found itself squarely at the center of the world’s attention, the range of possible outcomes for a country divided by a pandemic, a civil rights movement, and structural inequality was near overwhelming. As the past 72 hours have unfolded under the global spotlight, however, America has risen to the challenge with record voter turnout ahead of a new chapter in its history.

Still, as any photographer will tell you, any attempt to capture the full picture is futile. Instead, the most telling stories have been those taking place on an atomic level—from cookie stores to individual poll workers to family farms—and how they represent the fractures that run across the entire country, and the possibilities the election holds to reconcile them.

From all over the world, here Magnum photographers share a snapshot of this unique moment in time. Taken over three days from Monday morning to Wednesday night, across numerous U.S. states and countries as far-flung as Russia, Iran, and Mexico, the images reflect the various ways in which communities responded to the events as they unfolded. Taken over three days from Monday morning to Wednesday night, across numerous U.S. states and countries as far-flung as Russia, Iran, and Mexico, the images reflect the various ways in which communities responded to the events as they unfolded.

From the final day of canvassing to the endless Election Night results parties on Zoom, see how 30 photographers interpreted this tumultuous week—and where they hope the U.S. is heading next.

Day One

Monday, 2nd November

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

Photo: DannyB Photos / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

Photo: Finish Line / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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