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Jordan Gale united states
title
It Is What It Is
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entry description
It Is What It Is is an on going project documenting the decay of America's Midwestern middle class. In a country that stresses the importance of a strong middle class these communities are on a slow decline; their cultural and economic growth has halted, their population impoverished and forgotten. My camera and intimate relationships - both within my own family, daily life - become the vehicles to illustrate what remains in these communities, what has evolved from the current decay, and how these people cope with the current state of America.about the photographer
My name is Jordan Gale. I am a undergraduate photography student at the University of Iowa. I have been studying photography and taking photographs in the attempt of documenting my life, and those around me for seven years now. With my photographs I aim to explore concepts related to decay,and survival and how people, places, and time react to these concepts. I am obsessed with the idea of America's middle class. Through my photographs and with these concepts in mind I tell the stories of a middle class that is slowly dying in a country that stresses their importance.back to gallery