23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Hope and Fear_Valentina

From the series Hope and Fear While travelling in USA last year I was doing a portrait series asking people their hope and fear before the presidential election. Hope: To find comfort in loneliness. I want my own company enough to be happy. Fear: To be never being able to open myself to people. The walls I put up really make me distance myself, and I am scared people won't be invested enough in me to stay long enough and discover who truly I am.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2024
Date Uploaded: 12.2025
Photo Location: New York, New York, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D3S
Copyright: © Chandra Prasad