LivingDiversitycollectsworkbytheColumbiaPikeDocumentaryProject,ateamofphotographersandinterviewerswhohavecapturedtheevolvinglifeofthepeopleandplacesthatmakeupthishistoriccorridorinArlington,Virginia,immediatelyadjacenttothenation’scapital.Fivegiftedphotographershavecollaboratedtodocumenttheessenceoftheplacetheycallhome.Older,establishedwaysoflifearestillinplacealongthePike,flourishingalongsidethoseoflargenumbersofcitizensfromeverycorneroftheplanet.Unlikeinmanypartsoftheworld,oreveninourowncountry,astunninglydiversesetofpeoplelivehereinrelativeharmony.Thebookdepictshistorical,artistic,demographic,andculturaltrendsinthisuniquecommunity,trendsthataremirrored,inonestageoranother,inotherareasofthenation.Visually,itoffersanavenueforunderstandingthesoulofthissuccessfulexperimentintoleranceanddiversity.Anexploration,acelebration,agrittyandthought-provokingjourney,thebookisalsoaseriesofquietlyexpressedquestionsposedbyeachphotographer.Theireyes,hearts,andmindswereopenedthroughoutthisseven-yearjourney--theytrustyourswillbealso.DistributedfortheColumbiaPikeDocumentaryProject
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