The American Teenager Project

This project is to photograph teenagers and show the struggles of adolescence. This type of photojournalism is a little bit more different than what you would usually see because there is one photo shown to describe something. The pictures of the teenagers completely describe their personality and just by looking at the photos you can kind of guess what their "story" is. I think this is a really cool project and I like how the photos tell a story of a teenager.

A few examples of the project:

Patrick Roberts: A teen mentioned that would be willing to participate in Kansas says that one of the better things about still being a teenager is that you are still able to have a romantic perspective on things.

Jason Kramer: This is one of my favorite projects because during this teens interview, he met his son for the first time and the interviewer states how the see a child holding a child. This teen was doing really good in life but he got into drugs and started making a lot of bad choices.

Courtney Paslick: A teen who "doesn't meet society's idea of what perfection looks like", but is actually quite beautiful. Although Courtney isn't exactly like everyone else, she still does the same things as the rest of her friends.