When we first became interested in photographing our own generation around the world, we wanted to give our peers an opportunity to speak for themselves. We designed The Geography of Youth, a project where we would travel around the world interviewing Millennials about their lives, making their portraits and sharing their stories online, and later in a public art show. In early 2011 we ran a Kickstarter campaign, secured some sponsors, wrote grants and hit the road. We traveled mostly by bicycle from Alaska to Argentina, then in a loop around Europe and Morocco. Now we’re traveling by mini-camper-car around the United States. We’ve slept on restaurant floors and in haunted forests. We’ve eaten rat and mystery meat and street food and (so far) have only had food poisoning three times. In the grand tradition of travel we’ve learned as much about ourselves as we have about the world around us.

In the spring of 2013 we opened The Geography of Youth to online submissions. We invite all 18-32 year olds to upload a self-portrait and answer the same twelve interview questions that we’ve asked hundreds of Millennials around the world. Please, join us in creating the largest participatory portrait of a generation ever made by submitting at www.geographyofyouth.tumblr.com.

In 2014 the thousands of portraits and interviews will be assembled into a public art show that will be shown in public spaces around the world. It is our hope that these images and words will spark dialogue about our generation, our challenges, and our triumphs.

You can follow the journey here and on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.

See you out there!

Alan is a photographer and educator currently circumnavigating the world to document the lives of twenty-somethings. He’s particularly interested in how the still image can invoke the personality of the artist as well as that of the place or individual. He regularly tempts the food-poisoning Gods by consuming unnatural amounts of street food. You can see more of Alan’s work at www.alanwinslow.com

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Morrigan is a documentary photographer and writer currently circumnavigating the world to document the daily lives of twenty-somethings. She loves to travel, but her heart is in New England wearing thick wool socks and sipping hot coffee in the foggy ocean air. She’ll be back for it, someday. You can see more of Morrigan’s work at www.morriganmccarthy.com

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Cycling Peru

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One Minute in Morocco

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Climbing the Andes

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Barcelona Ride

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Costa Rica

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Mexico to Nicaragua

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A huge thank you also to the following individuals who so generously pledged to help us raise over $16,000 during our Kickstarter campaign: