WHAT IS YOUR AMERICAN DREAM?
It's a simple question to ask, but with many different answers, right?
It's a busy time right now in every one's lives and there's lots to think about. Lot's on people's plate. The economy, two wars, climate change, jobs, fuel prices, housing prices and where are things going? Will I have a job..what about my savings?..what about my kids....and their kids?
America has always been the beacon of hope for people around the world that anything is possible..anything is achievable. With the right amount of hard work, tenacity, gusto and a little bit of luck we can all achieve our dreams..for a better job..a better house..a nicer car, a easier and more rewarding go of things, a bright and safe future for our kids...a better life for us all.
Now more than ever, people question weather the AMERICAN DREAM still exists and if so, what is it and what does it mean. The AMERICAN DREAMS PROJECT sets out to do just this.
By getting as many people as possible to participate and write down, in their own words and handwriting, whatever their very own AMERICAN DREAM is, the project aims to put together a collection of people's ideas, hopes, fears, rants, joys, intimate feelings and shout to the world proud proclamations. In their own words and their own voices.
The project is free and open to anyone who wants of be included. The only requirement is you write down in your own words and handwriting whatever your AMERICAN DREAM is. People who wish to be photographed for the PHOTO PROJECT can be included in the collection of portraits of American's that will accompany the written American Dreams.
Visit the project website for more information: www.americandreamsproject.org
Here's a few photos of a few of the people included in the project. I'll include more later as time goes on. everyone has a great story and Gerald here is one of my favorites. Gerald was born in Trinidad and then moved to the US with essentially no money. He's lived and worked in the Bronx for most of his life and is a wonderful, caring guy. His favourite past-time is bowling and the shirt he's wearing here in this photo is his pride. I spent the afternoon with Gerald, eating at a Chinese restaurant in the Bronx in a almost exclusively African American neighborhood. Gerald wrote down his American Dream on a piece of yellow lined paper in careful and meticulous handwriting and even used white liquid paper to go over his spelling mistakes.
