Lakes are only definable insofar as they are surrounded by land.

This work examines the structure of the Minneapolitan lake-strewn landscape—while specifically ignoring the lakes themselves—as a means of understanding and commenting on how the space has been occupied, modified, adapted, and used. Considering city blocks to be definable on similar terms as lakes themselves, these photographs depict a landscape of “lakes” that is divided and formed by infrastructure, architecture, land, and the camera alike. Ultimately, this project explores the landscape as an entity that is known only through fragmented views, focusing on the interplay between borders, objects, buildings, and positive and negative space.

2012 – 2015