Visual sociologist J. Michael Skaggs explores contemporary American culture through the lens of his camera and black and white film. Inspired by The Americans, Robert Frank's classic 1956 study of people across the United States, Skaggs has embarked on a photographic journey to revisit the 43 cities half a century later.

The project was initiated in New York City in 1994. This exhibit presents the first phase, including candid portraits made during the summer of 2002 in Indianapolis; Chicago; Ann Arbor; Detroit; Cleveland; Hoboken; Jay, NY; Newburgh, NY; New Haven; New York City; En route to Washington, DC and Washington, DC.

Americans Revisited Volume I is being published in July 2008 by Edgecliff Publishing coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Robert Frank's The Americans publication in 1958.

J. Michael Skaggs © 2008