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5 Photographers Take On the ‘American Dream’

With his 35mm Leica in hand, Robert Frank cut beneath the veneer of the 1950s American Dream to reveal the heart of a nation as something pulsating, vulnerable, and exposed. In the years since, photographers have put their own spins on the meaning of the 'American Dream,' hitting the road by train and automobile in search of something unexpected and uncovering moments of beauty, loss, and hope in equal measure.

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