Photographer Ryland Hormel traveled across the United States from Alaska to Florida, asking people ?When do you feel free?? Respondents wrote down their answers on 3? x 5? index cards, then had their photographs taken with Hormel?s vintage Leica M6 analog camera.

When Do You Feel Free? is a collection of over 100 hand-written responses, alongside photographs that put the answers in context. The pages contain answers and photographs of recent immigrants, former convicts, fishermen, cowboys?that all come together to create a collective conversation about freedom through the fragmented perspectives of individuals across America. When Do You Feel Free? makes the reader realize freedom isn?t a location, but a state of mind, one that can be uncovered at any time.