Over the past two years, Ilona Szwarc has documented over a hundred girls and their American Girl dolls for her project named “American Girls”. The design of the dolls symbolizes contemporary cultural values.
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc ilonaszwarcamericangirls2](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls2.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc gillian, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls3.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc haley, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls4.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc sopie, 2012](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls5.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc rylan, 2012](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls6.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc lexi, 2012](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls7.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc maya and leela, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls8.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc tiffani-amber, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls9.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc jade, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls10.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc ariane and meridien, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls11.jpeg)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc ilonaszwarcamericangirls12](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls12.png)
![American Girls and Their Dolls: Portraits by Ilona Szwarc sydney, 2011](https://freeyorkk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ilonaszwarcamericangirls13.jpeg)
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