A selection of images from “Trapdoor” by American photographer William Keihn. Currently pursuing an MFA in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Keihn describes the series as a lyrical meditation on the long-dealt myths of American identity pushed through a filter of remembrance for his own upbringing in a working class family in the deindustrializing Midwest of the 1980s and 90s.

“Trapdoor” was published as a book and exhibited in San Francisco in 2017.

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