Let's get one thing straight: in this series of singular portraits, "weird" is good. Weird is what happens when you pursue the unique or unusual in a culture of conformity. Weird is a badge of courage at a time when most folks don't want no stinking badges. This six-part series peruses people with uncommon occupations, strange pastimes, and curious obsessions. You'll meet, among others, street toughs who don gaudy masks and wrestle just for the glory; a well-groomed stable of individuals who find their mane pleasure in ponyplay; wily Okies who troll for catfish with nothing but their hands for bait; and a ninety-two-year-old gal who knows everything about nuts, both the fruit and the human variety. All these folks are united by their healthy exercise of eccentricity. Weird America is not so much about a country as it is about a state-a state of mind.
Curated/Notes by Steve Seid