This Photographer is Making Portraits of Americans in All 50 States
San Diego-based photographer John Mireles is working on an ambitious photo project titled Neighbors. His goal is to shoot portraits of Americans in all 50 states, from various backgrounds and in every corner of the country.
![Chicano Park – San Diego, California](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-ChicanoPark.jpg)
![Capitol Hill – Washington, DC](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-East_Coast2016-525x700.jpg)
![American Legion – San Diego, California](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-Neighbors-American-Legion-525x700.jpg)
![Rodeo – Delta, Utah](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-Neighbors_Western_US-Rodeo-Delta-Utah-525x700.jpg)
![Taylor Shellfish Farms – Shelton, Washington](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-Neighbors_Western_US-Taylor-Shellfish-Farms-525x700.jpg)
![Jazzy’s - St. George, Utah](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-Neighbors_Western_US-Utah-525x700.jpg)
![Mississippi Avenue – Portland, Oregon](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-Neighbors_Western_USPortland-XL-525x700.jpg)
![Soulsville – Memphis, Tennessee](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-NeighborsMemphis-Woman-525x700.jpg)
![Always Lounge – New Orleans, Louisiana](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-NeighborsNewOrleansAlways-Lounge-525x700.jpg)
![Religious Compound – Palmer, Texas](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/07/John_Mireles-Neighbors-Texas-525x700.jpg)
The project has attracted the attention of local newspapers and TV stations, and Mireles has been exhibiting some of the early works, including in an outdoor show on the fence in a residential neighborhood.
This month, Mireles will embark on another 3-month road trip across the United States to complete this project. Afterwards, he’ll be publicly exhibiting large-scale prints of the portraits in some of the original communities where they were shot.
You can follow along with “Neighbors” on Mireles’ website, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Image credits: Photographs by John Mireles and used with permission