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Portrait of US issue #30: Joseph - Savannah, GA
"I didn't call her for a couple weeks, and then the next time I did, my mom didn't exist anymore."
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Portrait of US Issue #29: Michael and Deb - Casselberry, Fl
"There's the bad part where it burns it down, but then there's the renewal."
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Adam Scher
Portrait of US Issue #28.5: Liz and Ted - Savannah, GA
"We get really excited and joyful about our future together because we can see that our life is just going to keep getting bigger and bigger."
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Adam Scher
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Monica Jane Frisell
Portrait of US Issue #28: Ted - Savannah, GA
I feel like I've been in survival mode for 18 years, and that's a hard way to live, to go from thinking your life is sort of manageable to just feeling…
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Adam Scher
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
(Un)Common Bond: Exhibition opening
Showing work from the Portrait of US archive at the Art and History Museums of Maitland - opening September 15th!
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Adam Scher
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Portrait of US: Issue #11
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Portrait of US: Issue #14
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Portrait of US: Issue #08
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Portrait of US: Issue #10
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Portrait of US Issue #27: Jon - Cleveland, OH
"There's something heartbreaking and also beautiful about the industrial ruin of the Rust Belt."
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Adam Scher
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Portrait of US Issue #26: Morgan - Cleveland, OH
"A lot of my life I was kind of depressed and working with animals brought me out of that."
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Adam Scher
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Monica Jane Frisell
Portrait of US Issue #25: Sharena - Cleveland, OH
"I don’t feel like it’s someone else’s job anymore. I kind of feel like it’s mine... I kind of feel like it’s all of ours."
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Adam Scher
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Nomadic Photo Ark
Portrait of US Issue #24: Jean - Cleveland, OH
"This weight that I carried for 44 years, 45 years just was completely lifted and it changed everything."
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Adam Scher
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Portrait of US: Issue #23
Sixth graders from the Ute Pass Elementary school in Green Mountain Falls, CO
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Adam Scher
Portrait of US: Issue #22
Juno and Peyton - finding themselves through music and community
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Monica Jane Frisell
Portrait of US: Issue #21
Tammy - took us up a mountain and spoke about becoming a mother
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Adam Scher
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Portrait of US: Issue #20
"My last trip to Colombia"
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Adam Scher
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
Portrait of US: Issue #19
Nica - one of my oldest friends and one of our first for the archive
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Monica Jane Frisell
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Nomadic Photo Ark
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Adam Scher
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Portrait of US
Portrait of US
Portrait Of US is a continually evolving audiovisual archive of stories garnered by photographer Monica Jane Frisell and audio recorder/editor Adam Scher from their conversations with people based in rural and urban communities all across the United State
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