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About the Photographs

This project is titled Altered Landscapes. In 2023 I began photographing the construction at a riverside park. While walking through the park before construction began, I saw dozens of large trees marked with a red X. These trees were marked for removal to make room for roads, ball fields and other amenities at the park. The idea of cutting down those large, beautiful trees troubled me. Some of these trees were over one hundred years old. More trees will be planted in their place but most of us will not live to see these trees grow into the magnificent beauty of the ones lost. I also photographed another park with soccer fields and a walking track. That park is now home to apartment buildings.

Nearby, sixty-two acres of farmland is currently being excavated to build homes that will sell for well over eight hundred thousand dollars. Not that long ago cattle grazed here. This land was also home to foxes, turkeys, groundhogs and coyotes. The woodland next to the farm has also been destroyed. The downed trees have now been chopped into mulch. The Southern United States is experiencing a building boom. Unfortunately, land is sacrificed for apartment buildings and subdivisions. I find these building sites to be desolate, lost landscapes worthy of being documented.