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At the end of October 2021, artist and photographer Florence Montmare embarked on a transcontinental photographic survey of the United States to create a visual record of the current face of America as earlier photographers did in decades past. Walker Evans in the 1930s, Robert Frank in the 1950s and Richard Avedon in the 1980s. “Being a woman and an immigrant, I hoped to share a different point of view on the country I now call my home,” she says. With record breaking temperatures and radical weather patterns making regular headlines, the artist also wanted to highlight the need for sustainable thinking, so she chose to use a Ford Mustang Mach E electric SUV for the 3000 mile journey from New York to California. “Not only is the population continuing to evolve as new immigrants make the US their home," says Montmare, “the land is also physically changing as a result of the climate crisis we are facing.” Get Our Wonderful World Issue Today! Photos @florencemontmare