Fifty states, thousands of backroads, and unvarnished American life.

Traveling backroads with medium-format field cameras.

Working away from tourist centers and commercial staging, the survey relies on heavy analog gear and long stays in single towns. By waiting for shifting weather and overcast daylight, the resulting monographs capture authentic local architecture and tradespeople without artifice.

Each state monograph is assembled over years of recurring visits, preserving an archival record of shifting infrastructure and enduring regional cultures.

Four stages of photochemical preservation.

Field Reconnaissance

Chemical Processing

Archival Cataloging

Print Binding

Locating unvarnished industrial sites, rural main streets, and regional highway corridors.

Hand-developing silver negatives in controlled darkroom environments to retain full tonal range.

Recording exact coordinates, historical dates, and local oral testimonies for every series.

Producing gelatin silver monographs and bound portfolios for institutional research collections.

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