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Richard Sharum: The Spine of America

Richard Sharum embarked on a journey through the spine of America, a 100-mile-wide corridor down the geographic center of the USA, often referred to as the “flyover” country. Driven by both national and personal anxiety about the current divisions in the US, the photographer’s aim was to better understand his fellow citizens.
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"This term, flyover country, was one I’d heard my entire life but had never really thought about when it came to the condescension it implied. I felt that this part of our country had been ignored politically, socially and culturally for decades, wit...

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Robert E. Gerhardt

Robert Gerhardt is a New York based photographer and freelance writer. His photographs and writings have been published nationally and internationally including in The Hong Kong Free Press, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Diplomat.

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