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n a time of isolation for many, South Jordan photographers are striving to bring people together. The Front Steps Project, as well as variations such as the Front Porch Project, have been circulating on social media as families get their photos taken in a way that’s not so traditional. “I’m not looking for perfection,” said Lizzy Williams, a Daybreak photographer who started taking part at the beginning of coronavirus when many families were beginning to stay in their homes more than usual. At a distance, Williams takes photographs of residents outside their own front doors, perched on their steps with smiling faces, sometimes with their furry friends in the shot. It’s a quick process, taking about eight to 10 minutes. Williams started photographing families in South Jordan and the Daybreak area and then expanded all over the valley. “This is a time in our history we can choose to remember as hard or as the time we had extra time with people we love,” she said. Photographer Cara Mathis, who participated in the Front Steps Project in March, also captured families as they were. “I had one family who wore their robes and brought coffee cups out, like this is reality,” she said. “We want to remember the reality of this.” Photographer Carolina Burton said many of the people she captured were excited for the opportunity to dress up. “A lot of moms are telling me this is a great opportunity to get dressed and get out of leggings and feel pretty,” she
Local photographer Lizzy Williams has been snapping shots of residents across the valley as part of the Front Porch Project, a trend that has been sweeping social media in recent months as people are home more. (Courtesy of Lizzy Williams)
said. “I had one client who’s pregnant; she got all dolled up. She felt so good. I was so happy to do that.” Burton said she has done almost 30 #frontporchproject photoshoots, offering them to any Daybreak resident who’s interested. The social media sensation has many variations, but it
can be traced back to Cara Soulia of Massachusetts, photographer and co-founder of the Front Steps Project an idea sparked by her friend Kristen Collins. “She told me about her idea of taking pictures of families in a safe way, from a socially distanced place, to document the fact that all these families Continued page 5
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