POSTCARD TO AMERICA

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On Presidents' Day weekend, 2011, a group of people gathered at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to sing a collection of traditional American songs.

Affixed to one wall of the gallery was the image below: a photograph composed of 48 pieces. Each of these pieces was a postcard; it could be taken down, addressed to someone in the United States, and then dropped into the gallery mailbox for delivery.

The 48 contiguous postcards were thus scattered across the country. To see where they traveled, hover your cursor over a piece of the photograph.

  • DAISIE
    FORT WASHINGTON,
    PENNSYLVANIA

  • ELOISE
    FORT COLLINS,
    COLORADO

  • JEREMY &
    JESSICA
    ILLINOIS

  • SONIA
    PIKESVILLE,
    MARYLAND

  • BRENNA
    NEW YORK,
    NEW YORK

  • THE KLUZ'S
    TROY,
    NEW YORK

  • COONEY FAMILY
    MARBLEHEAD,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • TATO & MAMA
    MORGANVILLE,
    NEW JERSEY

  • MANUEL & ERI
    CHULA VISTA,
    CALIFORNIA

  • GARDNER
    SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • B. MANDELBAUM
    CAMBRIDGE,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • ZACH
    AUSTIN,
    TEXAS

  • BOBBIE
    WASHINGTON,
    D.C.

  • TERESA
    LOS ANGELES,
    CALIFORNIA

  • KEYSLA
    ALBANY,
    NEW YORK

  • ROB
    CHESTERFIELD,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • R. SARAF
    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

  • BRIAN
    BOSTON,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • BRIAN
    HIGHLAND MILLS,
    NEW YORK

  • PANDA BOY
    PHILADELPHIA,
    PENNSYLVANIA

  • (UNKNOWN)

  • MELISSA
    LODI,
    CALIFORNIA

  • MILK FACTORY
    CHICAGO,
    ILLINOIS

  • SALLY
    AUSTIN,
    TEXAS

  • SARAH
    PHILADELPHIA,
    PENNSYLVANIA

  • NANCY
    NEW YORK,
    NEW YORK

  • MIKE & CASS
    WASHINGTON,
    D.C.

  • ALEXANDRA
    CULVER CITY,
    CALIFORNIA

  • MA & PA
    NEW YORK,
    NEW YORK

  • RICHMOND,
    VIRGINIA

  • MARIYA
    BROOKLYN,
    NEW YORK

  • JOHN & EILEEN
    SOUTHAMPTON,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • MARION
    CHAMPAIGN,
    ILLINOIS

  • ALLIE & HUTTON
    WELLINGTON,
    FLORIDA

  • KYLE
    CAMBRIDGE,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • KAYLA
    NEWCOMB,
    NEW MEXICO

  • JOYCE
    PHILADELPHIA,
    PENNSYLVANIA

  • M. JOHN
    SOMERVILLE,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • (UNKNOWN)

  • COSMO
    NEW YORK,
    NEW YORK

  • RACHEL
    PHILADELPHIA,
    PENNSYLVANIA

  • ALISON
    LOS ANGELES,
    CALIFORNIA

  • 30 JUNIPER
    ROXBURY,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • JORY
    SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • ERNESTO
    ROXBURY,
    MASSACHUSETTS

  • ROBIN
    PHILADELPHIA,
    PENNSYLVANIA

  • TAMARA
    FLAGSTAFF,
    ARIZONA

  • MAX
    CAMBRIDGE,
    MASSACHUSETTS

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERNESTO D. MORALES / AUSTIN, TEXAS / JANUARY 2010

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the project. Below are some photographs from the event, including some images of our gracious hosts, Alex Hage and Nerissa Cooney.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERNESTO D. MORALES