2017 through the eyes of American teens

High school students across the country were asked to define America in a single photograph. Here's what they produced.

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(Image credit: (Julianna Lajko, Westhill High School, Connecticut/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department)When the nation's future is a source of anxiety for the majority of American adults)

(Image credit: (Cameron Barnes, Arbor View High School, Nevada/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department)"Identity, of course, is something that all teenagers are concerned about, but I think)

(Image credit: (Kamryn Friedrich, Perpich Center ​for​ Arts Education, Minnesota/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Courtney Beatty, Ola High School, Georgia/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department)In other works, the emotional tension is more suggestive. One image of a young girl blowing)

(Image credit: (Alex Martin, Pine Bush Central School, New York/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Samantha Angelini, Somerset Berkley Regional High School, Massachussetts/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Katelyn Alderson, Arbor View High School, Nevada/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Caroline Jayna Kempczynski, City-As-School, New York/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Elizabeth Mizer, Wauwatosa East High School, Wisconsin/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Rachel King, Lake Travis High School, Texas/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Bryn Mathews, Miss Porter's School, Connecticut/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Madeleine Milner, Gilbert High School, Arizona/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department))

(Image credit: (Samuel Sturznickel, A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Florida/Courtesy of the SVA BFA Photography and Video Department)**Experience the full America 2017 series from the School of Visual Ar)

Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.

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