What if teenagers ruled the world?

Nestled in the mountains of Massachusetts is Rowe Camp, a summer utopia self-governed by teens. In the real world, the campers are too young to vote, but here they're old enough to give strong opinions about the way they live. Grounded in the ideals of a counter-cultural past and freed from the forced constraints of a conventional camp experience, Rowe empowers teenagers through otherwise impossible freedoms. It's a glimpse into what the world would be like if no ideas were too absurd, and eccentricity was the rule, not the exception.

My own summers spent at Rowe were both a life-changing culture shock and nothing short of paradise. Years after my own initiation into this idealistic society, I returned to photograph the traditions, rituals and intricacies of this unusual youth community. The series' title (named after Nagisa Oshima's landmark Japanese New Wave film) refers not to the camp population, but to the life they must return to after tasting true independence for a fleeting moment.