Over the past month, photographer Sinna Nasseri has embarked on a road trip through the heartland of America to capture the lives, concerns, and fears of a divided nation. Along the way, he documented the various ways in which families and individuals have responded to the moment—the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and, of course, the impending election—with piercing insight.
On the final leg of his journey, Nasseri traveled through a series of southern states to capture both the tension and cautious optimism of this time. Nasseri’s photos are an honest representation of the tensions of this time—one of his subjects, a 77-year-old woman with a car covered in Biden stickers, recounted her experience of being heckled and threatened while driving that morning—but together, they pay tribute to the irrepressible feeling of hope his subjects hold for a better future.
Below, follow Nasseri as he embarks on the final chapter of his American odyssey.
