New Topographics
Golf and Higgins road, Schaumburg, Illinois
I'm very familiar with this intersection from when I used to drive way way out from our home in Chicago back in the 70's to take a ride in the 'country'. Each corner of this intersection was occupied by forests, open prairies, and farms.
What is left of the Illinois wilderness is that row of trees on the right which runs along a creek. Now a massive suburb.
Through the images of the 8 'New Topographic' photographers I have come to appreciate the aesthetics of landscape which has been brutalized by civilization. Beyond the charming calendar aesthetics we are inundated with their photographs hold a certain indescribable beauty. They also lay witness to the collision between humans and nature. Leaving graphic evidence toward human's intrusion and destruction of the wilderness.
We blame industry for this spreading urbanism, but what I felt even sadder about is the litter scattered along the roadside which is the direct result of each one of us.
New Topographics
Golf and Higgins road, Schaumburg, Illinois
I'm very familiar with this intersection from when I used to drive way way out from our home in Chicago back in the 70's to take a ride in the 'country'. Each corner of this intersection was occupied by forests, open prairies, and farms.
What is left of the Illinois wilderness is that row of trees on the right which runs along a creek. Now a massive suburb.
Through the images of the 8 'New Topographic' photographers I have come to appreciate the aesthetics of landscape which has been brutalized by civilization. Beyond the charming calendar aesthetics we are inundated with their photographs hold a certain indescribable beauty. They also lay witness to the collision between humans and nature. Leaving graphic evidence toward human's intrusion and destruction of the wilderness.
We blame industry for this spreading urbanism, but what I felt even sadder about is the litter scattered along the roadside which is the direct result of each one of us.