GEORGIOU, George - Americans Parade

Background information

"The self published photo volume 'Americans Parade' by George GEORGIOU features parades of U.S. Americans. One by one, from one community to the next, builds an image of Americans in the United States in 2016, the year Donald Trump was elected, a year before which the division of America was never so pronouncedly visible

Statement of the photographer, George GEORGIOU.

"I have visited the United States several times over the years and outside of the largest cities I would see very little street life and have no reason to stop. I would only know a place by its reputation, it was as if the local community was invisible. The idea for the work came about when I went to a Martin Luther King parade in a neighborhood I had been to before. Unlike my first visit, when the streets were empty, the streets were suddenly alive, full of people, families, movement, and a sea of sound; a complex community was suddenly visible. In 2016, I decided to move across the country in search of parades that covered many of America's diverse populations. The NYT magazine liked the idea and supported me in publishing the work on the weekend of Trumps inauguration. Although much of America is segregated by race or income, and this difference is exploited as a means of polarization and division, it is far too easy to define a community by this narrow identity. I've tried to create a group portrait with multiple identities, where people stand together in a society of strangers." (freely translated, © George GEORGIOU)

About the British photographer, George GEORGIOU

Photo books by George GEORGIOU