In the tradition of great port cities throughout history, Baltimore has become home to an incredibly diverse population of people whose heritage traces back across the globe and thank goodness for that. Many of you reading this are probably in the city because the idea of suburbia, mono-chrome and willfully assimilated, homogenized and under stimulated, is anathema to an ideal that you’ve worked hard to avoid. Each year the city of Baltimore hosts a festival that celebrates our diversity of heritage and seeks to bring people together for the sake of our differences.  Photographer Theresa Keil was there and shares with us the benefit of her perspective.

Photos by Theresa Keil