American Dreams: Portraits & Stories of a Country

A powerful, moving collection of 170 portraits of Americans and their handwritten statements about what the American dream means to them.

Shot by one photographer over twelve years, fifty states, and eighty thousand miles, American Dreams is a poignant, defining look at people from every walk of life and a remarkable exploration of what it means to be an American.

Long fascinated by the idea of the “American Dream,” Canadian photographer Ian Brown set out to document, in photographs and words...