Project

Lost America

Lost America examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense, ‘on pause’. Backwater towns and rural corners are juxtaposed with the ambiguity of detached suburbia. Places appear frozen in time, their inhabitants absent or long since departed. Ardently stagnant in appearance, the spaces yearn to instil a melancholic feeling of familiarity. One might not notice the scenes when viewed within the vast stretch of America’s panorama. Yet, framed as a vignette, each could appear to echo a moment of mournful reverie and reflective contemplation.

Red brick wall with large rectangular window framing a desert landscape, tree on the right, and a bench in front of the wall.

The Wall Frame, AR

Desert landscape with industrial structures and light blue sky

Picnic Stands, NM

Small white house with blue trim, surrounded by green grass and trees, under a cloudy sky.

House By The Canefields, LA

Vacant outdoor swimming pool at a motel with two-story building and red doors, surrounded by chain-link fence, under clear sky.

Empty Motel Pool, CA

Desolate landscape featuring a small, freestanding building labeled "Prada Marfa" with two awnings. The building resembles a Prada storefront but is located in a remote, desert-like setting. The window displays show luxury handbags and products. The sky is vast and lightly clouded.

Prada Marfa, TX

Outdoor basketball court with a curved backboard in a foggy landscape and a grassy field nearby.

Hoop By The Sea, CA

Brick building with a blue awning labeled 'Law Office' and a single tree on a city sidewalk.

Law Office, NM

Large white drive-in theater screen with "66 Drive-In Theatre" written in red against a clear sky, surrounded by greenery and a well-kept lawn.

66 Drive-In, MO

Red cylindrical tanks labeled "LITTLE AMERICA" in a dry field under cloudy skies.

Little America, WY

Classic car with blue flames parked on street, palm trees in background, desert landscape.

Chevy With Flames, CA

Concrete drainage channel with green vegetation and water, flanked by high-voltage power lines and pylons under a cloudy sky.

Moss On L.A. River, CA

Empty parking lot with large concrete canopy structures, picnic tables, and mountains in the background.

Rest Stop, UT

Cemetery tombstone with a statue of a figure against industrial storage tanks and a fenced-off area in the background, with a green lawn in the foreground.

Refinery Cemetery, LA

Desert landscape with sparse vegetation, a partially buried car, a warehouse building, and a distant mountain range.

Buried Car, CA

Suburban street with white houses and a blue water tower featuring a smiley face.

Smiling Water Tower, NJ

Brick building exterior with a payphone, shadow of a streetlamp, and "Purple #1 Pride" sign in the window.

Payphone, NM

A small brick church with a white steeple stands in front of a grassy lawn. A white van is parked nearby. The sky is cloudy, and trees are visible in the background.

Baptist Church, LA

Tree of Utah sculpture in a reflective salt flat landscape.

Tree Of Life, UT

An old, white bus parked on a grassy field with trees in the background.

Penitentiary Bus, LA

A drive-in theater with a tall concrete structure labeled "FORD WYOMING" in large, weathered letters. The building is painted with red, blue, and gray accents. Two large trees are in front of the structure, and the foreground shows cracked pavement and a corrugated metal fence. The sky is pink and blue, suggesting sunset.

Ford Drive-In, MI

Rural landscape with large pipe infrastructure, dry vegetation, and distant mountains under a clear sky.

Paiute Drain, NV

Outdoor scene with a swing set and patio furniture under a large tree, near a swimming pool surrounded by dry grass and trees in a rustic setting.

Swing And Pool At Burnt Home, CA

Colorful stacked rock sculptures in a desert landscape under a clear blue sky.

Seven Magic Mountains, NV

Triangular brick building with windows and small side doors

Triangular Church, TX

Abandoned swing set on a dry, cracked earth near a shallow body of water with distant mountains under a clear sky.

Swing In The Water, CA

Front view of a beige and brown building with an awning, featuring the name "Richard Keen, Attorney, 420" on the front, located on a street in a small commercial area.

Attorney Office, TX

A large brick house in a grassy field with trees and smoke rising in the background under a cloudy sky.

Big House With Burning Cane, LA

Open desert landscape with red rock formations, a flat area with tables beneath a canopy, and mountains in the background.

Valley View, NV

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