America Photo Assignment


What's more American than apple pie? McDonald's Apple Pie.
America: A Fast Food Nation




The New York Stock Exchange
The heart of American capitalism since 1817.




The imagery of the Founding Fathers has played heavily in the collective American identity.






The autocracy of Kim Jong-Il serves as an effective antithesis of what we consider "American"







A typical parking lot in the Netherlands. America's oil-dependent car culture stands in stark contrast.





This sidewalk cafe in Europe highlights the contrast between the American "gotta go" sense of urgency, with the much more laid-back cultures of Western Europe (and much of the rest of the world too, for that matter).