Americans Now: A Response to Robert Frank’s The Americans (1958) is a contemporary, photographic diary reflecting on Frank’s magnum opus, published more than 65 years ago. 

While this may not be a grand road trip across the continental 48, it is a modern interpretation of the daily process of “hunting for pictures across America,” a practice Frank adhered to. A practice that drives me. Half a century later. This work reflects the lifelong pursuit of better understanding this place we call home and the cyclical motion of American Culture that drives us insane.

My relationship with this place is conflicted, and my feelings are more than complicated. There is irony in the struggle on every street corner. There are chairs from Walmart on every public beach. The roads are filled with ads that block the sun setting. The flags are everywhere. And most of us come from a home of worshiping a higher entity.

Though this country may not always be beautiful—especially right now—but sometimes, the light hits just right.