Susan Kandel's photography explores the world of America's East Coast families

Instead, she set out to shoot pictures of families who'd come to see him. And now with the publication of her debut book, At Home, she's sharing the results with the world.

Among the people she photographed that day on the Common were two women and the five children they'd brought with them. They told Kandel that she should come to take pictures at their homes since they had younger kids who hadn't come that day. She eagerly took them up on their offer.

"These two families lived around the corner from each other in Everett, Massachusetts, and I returned to their homes many times over the next ten years or so," she recalls. "And I sought out other families who might let me come photograph them at home as well.

"I approached folks in grocery stores, bowling alleys and corner stores, telling them that I'd give them some pictures in exchange for allowing me to come to photograph them at home. Although I got a lot of quick refusals and looks of suspicion, I also managed to get invited to many homes. And sometimes there were repeat invitations."

At Home is published in hardback by Stanley/Barker and available to buy for £36 / €42 / $50 at stanleybarker.co.uk.