Lost & Found: A Portrait of American Wanderlust (Hardcover)

Striking street portraiture of a contemporary American subculture of young Travelers Lost & Found documents a contemporary American subculture of young Travelers through raw striking portraiture and intimate storytelling. These Travelers abandon home to move around the country by hitchhiking and freight train hopping in a nomadic transient existence outside of mainstream society. Along their personal journey driven by wanderlust escapism or a search for transient jobs they find a new family in their traveling friends. The high of freedom however does not come without consequence. The black and white portraits are made in public on the street using natural light. Individual stories as a collection form a greater narrative. Over ten years in the making Joseph s portraits reveal the human condition. They capture courage tenderness and determination in his subjects that have been largely ignored and unseen.