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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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by Kelly Gonsalves
November 29, 2017

American Advanced, 2017.

(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

Love, 2017.

(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

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Grasp, 2017.

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

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Nostalgia Bound, 2017.

(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

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Resting Wonders, 2017.

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

‘MERICA, 2017.

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

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Freedom is Not a Wall!, 2017.

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

Sofia, 2017.

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

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Lolita, 2017.

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

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A World of Devices, 2017.

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

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Untitled, 2017.

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

Torn, 2017.

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

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American House Wife, 2017.

(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

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