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Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, this astounding collection of images by award-winning photographers tells the story of today's America--and provides an enduring legacy that will inform the way we address our future. On Inauguration Day, 2009, a group of photographers whowere in Washington to document the ceremony began aconversation that led to the foundation of Facing Change. Thisnonprofit collective has a bold mission: to create a new nationalportrait of America. Its members include some of the country'smost celebrated photojournalists. Their vision is inspired bythe Farm Security Administration's project that documentedthe Great Depression. Chronicling the challenges of modernAmerica, these photographs offer compelling stories of peoplearound the country who are coping with the aftermath ofrecent events: immigration, health care, housing, the war in Iraq,Katrina, the great recession and profound economic disparity.