Familiar Yet Unfamiliar America

Photographs By Chad Ress Of How We Gather

For the past year, photographer Chad Ress, a fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University, has been crisscrossing the United States to capture in photographs how Americans gather today. His work has taken him to Florida, the Dakotas, Kentucky, California, and many other places east, west, north, and south. Ress offers the viewer basic pieces of information—location and happening—and leaves the rest for us to ponder as we take in images of places that, to most of us, are unfamiliar, even though they might be nearby. Today’s selection of images …

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Photographs By Chad Ress Of How Americans Gather

How do we gather? Photographer Chad Ress, a fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University, has been traveling the United States to capture people in groups, …

Weirdest of Wonderlands

Images of South Florida By Photographer Chad Ress

They call it the “Magic City” and the “Dream City.” The essayist and critic John Leonard found it to be a perfect cinematic backdrop, “a surreal sandwiching of abstract art …