A Walk in the Park?

A Walk in the Park? is a project I've been working on for the past five years. It's a collection of portraits I've made of young adults in New York City’s West Village/Washington Square Park that documents a generation navigating the thresholds of identity and adulthood during a tumultuous time in the world’s history. Young adulthood is already a time of profound change, experimentation, uncertainty, and anxiety. Add to that an upended political system in the United States. Democracy is threatened, with freedoms being rolled back, mostly affecting marginalized groups (women, minorities, LGBTQ+). On top of that, the current administration isn’t recognizing global warming. These young adults are coming of age in a world shaped by uncertainty, mistrust, and activism. There’s a lot at stake and their self-expression in a hopeful reminder that they have a right to be seen, heard, safe, and not dismissed. In seeking subjects, while I'm always looking for something visually interesting, I'm looking for something more, a vulnerability, “a softness under the shell.” I’m interested in their journey and applaud their self-expression. In the chaos of our world today, it’s important to be authentic and hold on to one’s sense of self. My book, "A Walk in the Park?" was just published by Schilt Publishing and is available on their website https://www.schiltpublishing.com/shop/books/new-releases/a-walk-in-the-park/ and on Amazon.https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Park-Amy-Howoritz/dp/9053309640