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White, Blue & Wild Red Glory: Photographer captures America's undying patriotism

In her series White, Blue & Wild Red Glory, Berlin-based photographer Stefanie Schmid Rincon shares a summer in New York City when she spent three months wandering the city streets with a 35mm camera, capturing the patriotic spirit of America.

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Child sitting on pavement holding a red, white and blue striped toy gun with American flag design, with a container of lemonade beside them

Discovering flags on every corner, their stars and stripes fluttering in the warm breeze, she decided to focus in on the subject of American patriotism, something that she felt would be seen as unusual anywhere else in the world.

She explained: "For someone living in a country like Germany, for example, it's something strange and gets your attention, since this would not happen and it would get another kind of reaction. The USA is very much patriotic and somehow it looks very normal, and you get used to it very fast."

Stefanie grew up between Colombia and Germany. She moved to Berlin in 2008 where she graduated from Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin in 2014 and has been working as a freelance photographer for the past five years. Check out more of her work via www.stefanieschmidrincon.com.

Via direct submission | All images courtesy of Stefanie Schmid Rincon

American flag hanging from black metal security gate on blue-painted building wall with barred windows
Red and white striped windsock billowing against a clear blue sky, mounted on the corner of a beige building
American flag with red and white stripes billowing in the wind beneath a concrete overpass and utility pole on a clear day
Uniformed naval officers and civilians gather outside a modern building with a blue awning, American and other flags displayed on the facade during a patriotic ceremony in New York City
Discarded blue metal chair parts lie on a New York City pavement, photographed as part of Stefanie Schmid Rincon's series on American patriotism
Two children stand by a closed public swimming pool with instructional signs and white fencing in summer sunlight
A bright red residential building with white-trimmed windows stands next to a grey building on a tree-lined New York street with parked cars
A brick VFW building with a large red and white striped awning sits beneath a blue sky, with an American flag flying from a lamp post and patriotic bunting visible on the storefront
Vintage Highway Equipment sign with circular logo against a bright blue sky with white clouds
An American flag flying on a pole in front of a white wooden house with climbing ivy and trees in the background under a blue sky
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