Construction
This series began during an explorative journey while studying abroad in Sydney, Australia. I was in a class called Imaging the Urban Landscape and was assigned to pick a park and create a piece based off of its historical context. I chose Hyde park, right within the middle of city. I walked around photographing many moments on my camera phone. Wanting to give the park justice and meaning, it was difficult figuring out exactly what to do for this assignment. As a people watcher I realized a lot of these moments I gravitate towards seemed theatrical and playful. I eventually came across a sign that explained what the land used to be. It was called Boongala, or “place of green shade” in the language of the indigenous Koori people of Sydney, Australia. I found 3 workers in brightly colored red-orange workmens uniforms fixing something in a manhole which was visually juxtaposing, invasive and curious in relation to the site and its historical context.
When I came back to Detroit I started documenting construction workers on the M1 rail (or now called Q-Line). Invasive to some and/or beneficial to others, this work consists of cultural preservation of space, creating peculiar construction atmospheres, and documenting architectural Detroit buildings and businesses as they may come and go.
This series began during an explorative journey while studying abroad in Sydney, Australia. I was in a class called Imaging the Urban Landscape and was assigned to pick a park and create a piece based off of its historical context. I chose Hyde park, right within the middle of city. I walked around photographing many moments on my camera phone. Wanting to give the park justice and meaning, it was difficult figuring out exactly what to do for this assignment. As a people watcher I realized a lot of these moments I gravitate towards seemed theatrical and playful. I eventually came across a sign that explained what the land used to be. It was called Boongala, or “place of green shade” in the language of the indigenous Koori people of Sydney, Australia. I found 3 workers in brightly colored red-orange workmens uniforms fixing something in a manhole which was visually juxtaposing, invasive and curious in relation to the site and its historical context.
When I came back to Detroit I started documenting construction workers on the M1 rail (or now called Q-Line). Invasive to some and/or beneficial to others, this work consists of cultural preservation of space, creating peculiar construction atmospheres, and documenting architectural Detroit buildings and businesses as they may come and go.
