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Chantal Heijnen

Photographer & Educator
      
The Divided States of America
Location: New York
Nationality: Dutch
Biography: Chantal Heijnen (1976, The Netherlands) is a visual storyteller who uses photography to build connections on both sides of the lens. She holds a BA in Social Work and Photography. Her career as a social worker greatly informs her observant and... MORE
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The Divided States of America
Copyright Chantal Heijnen 2024
Date of Work Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Updated Nov 2018
Topics Documentary, Editorial, Elections, Essays, Landscape, Media, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture
The Divided States of America  is a photo essay on the upcoming midterm elections.  How are Americans feeling about Trump’s divided America. Left and right America live in different worlds. Except on the train from Chicago to San Francisco, where the train will pass through 7 politically different States. Therefore we chose to travel on the California Zephyr - the transcontinental railroad that was once build to unite the nation after the Civil War in the 19th century. If travelers did not have to travel for months on prairies and mountains to make contact with the residents on the other side of the country, that would bring the United States literally and figuratively closer together, Abraham Lincoln thought.
In a sense, the train is fulfilling that role now.
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