J. Raymond Mireles: Neighbors | LENSCRATCH

In a time when American political and social landscapes divide rather than unify, photographer J. Raymond Mireles has created a project that changes how we see each other, and he begins that observation close to home. It started out as a simple idea: I’ll photograph my neighbors. But that idea expanded to publicly celebrating those neighbors with large scale photographs that have captured the imagination of his community and beyond. His project has continued around the U.S., so far photographing neighbors in 18 states.