PORCH PORTRAITS

The Porch Project is a photographer’s reaction to the enforced isolation of the coronavirus period. Refusing to allow physical distance to break my community bonds, I picked up my camera and walked down the sidewalk, photographing my neighbors from a safe distance.

The portraits are an intimate freeze-frame of a world historic moment, told by the faces of those who live it. The series has been called “life-changing” and “the kinds of photographs that record and change history.”

This series was featured on CNN, NBC, FOX, Good Morning America and more.

The Porch Project: A Porch Portrait (Copy)

The Porch Project is a reaction to the enforced isolation of the coronavirus period. Refusing to allow physical distance to break the community bonds he has constructed for years, Porch Project photographer Roger Hoover picked up his camera and walk

The portraits are an intimate freeze-frame of a world historic moment, told by the faces of those who live it. The series has been called “life-changing” and “the kinds of photographs that record and change history.”

Though many photographers have joined the Porch Project movement, Hoover’s series is different in many aspects: he portrays his subjects with an intentional distance that begs the viewer to take a closer look, collects their stories, and is followin