This PhotoBooth project is part of an ongoing photographic project to document communities across the United States and create public installations of the collected portraits in the communities in which they were made.

During the last five years, San Francisco photographer Christopher Irion has traveled over 20,000 miles and made more than 7,000 portraits in 26 communities. The PhotoBooth, a lightweight, portable studio, can be shipped anywhere in the world. It has been set up in cafes and in parking lots, at county fairs and in parking lots, in large cities and small towns. Some months later, if possible, an installation like this is created as a way to raise questions about community and show the community back to itself.

Once someone enters The PhotoBooth, they become an integral part of the project. All who chose to participate in the Brattleboro PhotoBooth Project are pictured here.

We extend thanks to production assistants Breton Schwarzenbach and Genna Nethercott, as well as Alex Haines, Francine Vallario, Lila Reddy, Roxanne Reddy, and Teta Hilsdon and installers Jim Giddings, David Giddings, and Robert Spring, all of whom played an important part in the realization of this project. The Town of Brattleboro was indispensable in allowing the project to happen.

Click below to watch an interview with Christopher Irion during installation in Brattleboro.

Major funding for The Brattleboro PhotoBooth Portrait Project is provided by Chittenden Bank and the Vermont Arts Council.