“Instead, Greenbaum embraced a no-sketches mantra, encouraging his subjects, so deft at deflecting with comedy, to reveal a bit more of themselves. “It’s gonna be weird, and it’s going to take two days,” Greenbaum told them. “But after 48 hours you will forget that the cameras are there. You will be worn down and drop your facade.”

He was also interested in capturing another side of the country, one that leaned less on iconic landmarks like the Grand Canyon. “Harper finds the beauty in the mundane,” Greenbaum says. “She likes to pull out her lawn chairs and watch the sun set from a Walmart parking lot on the side of a service road. I wanted to capture the beauty of Harper’s vision of America. [with help from cinematographer Zoë White, ACS]”

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