Past Time explores the political and cultural idealisation of an America that never existed for many. It juxtaposes popular imagery from the past with photographs of contemporary life in places such as Dixon, Illinois, hometown of Ronald Reagan, and Mount Airy, North Carolina, hometown of Andy Griffith. Together they show how exclusionary misrepresentations of a mythological past-perfect, White America align with the current reality of iconic American towns, questioning the notion of “the good old days”.