Could it happen to you? Meet the average Americans forced into poverty by accidents, ill-health or tragic misfortune in searing photo essay exploring the crisis of the country's hidden poor

Danish photographer Joakim Eskildsen grew up with mythical ideas of 'Coca-cola and American culture'
But he found the American dream persisted within the US as well, serving as a dangerous set of ideals
He visited poverty-stricken regions of the US for seven months to capture the reality for 45million people
He acknowledged his subjects' unique stories and said: 'I had the feeling anybody could fall into hardship'

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