Naomi Harris’s Photos of Canadian Identity

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Oh, Canada?

Naomi Harris, a Toronto native who hadn’t truly explored her vast homeland, set out on what she calls “the Maple Highway” to find what it means to be Canadian.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/canada-eh/

After a summer on the road, Naomi Harris pulled into her parents’ driveway in Toronto in September 2011 and photographed her odometer. She had driven just over 22,000 miles — more than four times the distance across Canada. Ms. Harris, a self-described “professional hobo,” had traveled the country in a car she bought on eBay, taking portraits of people she met along the way