artist statement
This work is inspired by my fascination with the suburban landscapes. I moved to the suburbs outside Denver in the fall of 2016 and experienced culture shock as I examined the new environment. Naturally I turned to my camera to help sort out this new place as I began to notice just how big everything is: a super-sized Target, multiple housing developments, 9-plex movie theaters — even the car washes are on a scale unlike those I had ever seen.
This scale is enhanced by the comparatively flat and treeless landscape of the areas surrounding Denver. The work focuses on these suburban areas, and particularly the landscape that suburbia creates with its sprawling housing and huge box stores. In many ways the wild west is being slowly taken over by suburbs and shopping centers. In this project I endeavor to document these lands, and to reexamine the way in which the lands are being used.
These photographs are made in tradition of landscape photographers who were working during the western expansion documenting how the lands of the American west were changed and conquered with the introduction of settlers into them. They aim to document a new landscape that has emerged today in the areas surrounding the city of Denver. The photographs document how the needs and customs of modern life have reshaped the land they inhabit.
This scale is enhanced by the comparatively flat and treeless landscape of the areas surrounding Denver. The work focuses on these suburban areas, and particularly the landscape that suburbia creates with its sprawling housing and huge box stores. In many ways the wild west is being slowly taken over by suburbs and shopping centers. In this project I endeavor to document these lands, and to reexamine the way in which the lands are being used.
These photographs are made in tradition of landscape photographers who were working during the western expansion documenting how the lands of the American west were changed and conquered with the introduction of settlers into them. They aim to document a new landscape that has emerged today in the areas surrounding the city of Denver. The photographs document how the needs and customs of modern life have reshaped the land they inhabit.
