A fascinating new collection of photographs explores the extraordinary world between college and adulthood.By the photographers of Redux
Portrait
American Youth is a collection of images taken by the photographers of Redux, a New York City–based photo agency that represents more than two dozen of the world's top photojournalists. The book includes photos by photographers like Erin Siegal, who provides a small portfolio of portraits of young gay people in San Francisco. One of her subjects, Sadie Lune, above, posed with pet snakes in multiple hats and a painted mustache (which she says she wears "not infrequently") to reflect multiple sides of herself. Says Sadie, "It turned out to be my favorite photoshoot that I've ever done, and I love the pictures — it reallyfeels like me!"Erin Siegal / Redux
Big Moment
Young debutantes await their coming-out, held at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.Mark Peterson / Redux
Bedroom
Tina Macri, 18, hopes to become a photographer or a broadcast journalist. She lives in Mesa, Ariz.Erika Larsen / Redux
Embrace
The many bars in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, are popular destinations for young people in the cold winter months.Danny Wilcox Frazier / Redux
Birthday Party
The book includes extended photoessays on American young people working, struggling and celebrating. This photograph is drawn from a set of images about Muslim kids in Ohio.Greg Ruffing / Redux
Eco-minded
Ayla Zeimer, 21, lays out onions to dry at a SEED (Student Experiment in Ecological Design) house at Oberlin College, the first eco-house in the U.S. with real-time monitoring of its entire carbon footprint.Greg Ruffing / Redux
Tattoos
Pepper, 20, has lived on the streets of San Francisco for the past five years.Darcy Padilla / Redux
Good Times
An LSU student tailgates before a game against rival Ole Miss.Mark Peterson / Redux
In Concert
Audience members rock on at the Vans Warped Tour.Preston C. Mack / Redux
Delegate
21-year-old Jason Rae served as a superdelegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. The youngest delegate ever to attend a DNC, Jason is a student at Marquette University.Kevin J. Miyazaki / Redux
Work
Garrett Steele, of Deer Isle, Maine, hauls a canoe filled with clam baskets.Peter Frank Edwards / Redux
Couple
Simon, 22, and Simeon, 23, had been dating for nine months when this photo was taken.Erika Larsen / Redux
