Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag
Robb Hill

July 3-August 21, 2026
Opening Reception: July 3, 6-9pm
Free and open to the public

Aurora PhotoCenter, Efroymson Gallery
1125 Brookside Avenue, Suite C9, Indianapolis

For over 20 years, Indiana-born photographer Robb Hill has made images that incorporate the American flag as he shot assignments domestically and abroad for newspapers, magazines, and digital news outlets. His series Capture the Flag looks at how the citizens of America use the flag to project personal ideas on a national symbol. Sometimes playful and often profound, Capture the Flag considers Americans’ relationship to the flag at a time when fundamental aspects of American democracy are being pushed and pulled across the centerline.

Robb writes of the series, “We are living through a moment in the American experiment when the meaning of the American flag feels fundamentally divided. Does it symbolize e pluribus unum — a nation where many cultures, foods, religions, and driving habits coexist. Or does the Star-Spangled Banner represent a particular people with a singular heritage, forged at the beginning? Capture the Flag explores how Americans project their beliefs, fears, and identities onto this enduring symbol — one that has never been as unified as we might imagine.”

Robb Hill Robb grew up in Southern Indiana and has lived and worked in Budapest, Chicago, Atlanta, and now Washington D.C. His work has been featured in The New York Times’ Lens blog, NPR’s Picture Show, and Lenscratch. Hill’s editorial clients include The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, National Geographic Traveler, CBS News, US News & World Report, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Maclean’s, McClatchy News Service, Boys’ Life, and Chicago Magazine. His commercial clients include Habitat for Humanity, Story Corps, Citigroup, Nokia, Humana, Hillerich & Bradsby, The Humana Foundation, Accenture, Heinemann Publishing, American University, Northwestern University, and Indiana University, among others.

Annual operating support for Aurora PhotoCenter provided by the City of Indianapolis through the Indy Arts Council. Additional annual support provided by the Efroymson Family Fund, Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Inc., Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Indiana Arts Commission, Aurora Members, and donors who believe in Aurora’s mission.