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photos are very proffesional like, but there are so many teenagers thats done so many different things. Some of them that are in the book are pretty much not worth knowing because I know a lot of them. A boy with myspace? A dancer with dreams but is she chasing it? I have so many questions when i read it.
I recently bought this book for a photography assignment and instantly was drawn to the book. The photo’s are beautifully taken with the element of line, texture and more in each one. All the 100 Young Americans lead different lives with different reactions and emotion that the book made me realize even more how much this generation of young americans differ from everr other generation.
many questions and thoughts arose while reading each story..
a wonderful look into the world today
Great book, love the website!
I find it hard to believe that there are only 3 Black teenagers in the US, token scholars/immigrant who want to be doctors and the cliche of the 1 Black male, the star of his basketball team in New Jersery who wants to be yet another basketball player. Is that all Black people want to be? Rappers and ball players. I’m sure there were/are other representations of Black America to choose from. I hope the other 25 are more interesting. I might still read the book dispite the gross disparity of representation.
I bought this book because I am currently drawing a comic about a South Florida boy who shoots his father out of years of anger and mistreatment. I wasn’t going to buy it because the teens in this book related to my fictional character, but simply because of the detail placed on the eyes and hands, I needed to be able to practice drawing these people. Instead of just finding an art piece, I found a piece of myself in this book and have cried as I’ve read each entry. It reminds me of all my friends I have ever lost touch with, friends who have forgotten me, but who I will never forget. It reminds me of all the hard times I ever experience, it makes me realize the individuality of each and every human being in this sad, emotion packed nation.
What is even more astonishing is that unlike every book ever written, there is absolutely no bias in this book at all. This is my new favorite book, and maybe it forever will be.
this book is amazing! i was at borders one day and saw it while looking in the photography section. i opened it and started reading, and i loved it. at first i thought it was pointless to read the whole thing because i’m reading about other people’s lives, and not living my own. But i ended up reading it, and it really opened up my eyes! i feel like i was so much less cultured before i read the book than i am now, because i never knew about how different social classes live, and the different things people focus their lives on to get through the day.
i like how the biographies of everyone was written because it’s so strong and to-the-point. they’re written like it’s no big deal, as if the writer’s heard the same story a million times. but that’s why it’s soo good, because the focus of the book isn’t thrown to one lucky person, it equally profiles everyone. the photography is amazing, too.
This book was amazing. Michael did an amazing job of capturing all walks of life, be it race, religion, style, orientation, political beliefs etc. I literally read this book in one sitting, because every page kept me so interested and made me REALLY want to see what was coming next. The photography is beautiful, and really captures the personality described in the text. Bravo!
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Ok so i love the book. Im hoping to buy it soon.
But i was wondering if they was a way i could get in touch with a few people in the book.
They seemed very cool.
Thanks.
- - Kayla
ok so im a teenager. and i really really like your photography. i think it speaks for itself and the book has inspired me to b a photographer even more then before.thanks!
NEXT TIME PUT ME IN IT!
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+jen+
i absoulutly loved the book, the photography was amazing. but the stories. you can see different elements of every person in yourself. Every person is put out there as themselves, good and bad. I think this is a very good look at the individuality in our culture today. No one fit the mold of anything they were labeled. The need for attention, or the shunning of it is a part of everyone and this book highlights it very well. Good job you really blessed me. God Bless
Steven
Good book. Great photos and stories. Almost completely white people though, that’s what struck me. One black kid was a rapper. How streotypical is that?
Maybe the next guy will include minorities with respect.
Just got to the kid in Utah.Love Photography.Amazing photographs.
I loved the book. Each story I read was special. I couldn’t put the book down and I didn’t want it to end. Sometimes I think that i’m the only teenager who feels one way or believes another way but after I read this I realized that there are alot of other people that I can relate too. The people in the book made me happy, and some sad. Veryy amazing.
I was at Borders around Christmas-time looking for present and happened to stumble upon this book. I almost bought it instead of presents, but i decided to wait and ended up getting it as a late Christmas present. I read the entire thing on the plane ride home from Florida and it truly amazed me. The stories that these kids have are amazing and it shows our generation the way it really is, instead of the way adults prefer to see it. The photographs in this book are truly spectacular and really show the true person in them. Great job.
Great idea! I am surprised.
I was at the mall for my birthday..
i could pick out anything that i wanted.
i was carefully scanning the book shelves
and i came upon a book called
“100 young Americans.”
it seemed very intriguing
so i picked it up and began
scanning the pages…
i fell in love with it immediately
so i decided to buy it.
and i love it!
i think that i must’ve
read every single
page already and i still want some more.
it gives me a look at
how other youngsters live!
thanks for the great book!
I loved this book so much. Just how the author commented in the beginning how he would sit in the airport and wonder about everyone around him; wonder about their life, and their story. I do that everyday, everywhere. I am fascinated by people and wish that i could know EVERYONE’s story. They are all unique and the more you know the less judgmental and stereotypical you become.
The photographs were AMAZING. I love photography, and one of my challenges is accurately portraying a person’s personality through just one photograph. Letting them pick their own location, pose, clothes, exc. made it so real.
I am just in love with this book!
If there is ever another one, (which would make me so happy) I would love more than anything to be in it or be a part of it somehow.
Great book! I just happened upon it at my library and sat down to look at a few of the pages but ended up reading most of it in one sitting. One thing struck me as I read through the stories. These young people are not only the unique and awesome individuals you profiled, but they are also all the people I went to school with.
In this book, we got to read about the horrors and fears, the sadness and hurts that these kids live through, but also about their triumphs and the attitudes they will carry with them into adulthood. I knew people very much like these kids when I was in High School. The children in my life are the same ages as the kids in this book, so I feel like I know kids who are just like them.
So, the real enduring truth is that there is more that is similar in our lives than that is different.
I loved your photographs and the text was without judgment, just telling the stories of 100 young people. I’d love it if you keep in touch with each of them and update us on their lives after 10 or 15 years.
My life has gone pretty much as I hoped it would but I know some people who ended up going in many different directions. It would just be interesting to know how things have worked out for these young people. Thanks for your amazing glimpse into these remarkable lives.
I just bought the book last night and I stayed up until three in the morning pouring over every young american. They did such a good job capturing the youth and relating to them. Nothing in the book suprised me. It was all so real and the variety was impressive. The book was captivating and I plan to share it with all my closest friends.