The Porch Project, is a reaction to the enforced isolation of the coronavirus period. Refusing to allow physical distance to break the community bonds I have constructed for years, I picked up my camera and walked down the sidewalk, photographing my neighbors from a safe distance.
The portraits are an intimate freeze-frame of a world historic moment, told by the faces of those who live it. The series has been called “life-changing” and “the kinds of photographs that record and change history.”
Though many photographers have joined the Porch Project movement, Hoover’s series is different in many aspects: he portrays his subjects with an intentional distance that begs the viewer to take a closer look, collects their stories, and is following up with the subjects over a longer period of time with closer, more intimate portraits scheduled a year from the quarantine period.
This GoFundMe will help Hoover raise funds to support the long-term focus of the project as well as printing and framing for exhibition.
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Be kind, be safe, and be well,
Roger
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