Nowhere In Manhattan

C-Prints, 22’’ x 17’’ each

Nowhere In Manhattan is a series of over 200 images that documents the few places left on the island of Manhattan where the city disappears. The images are intentionally simple; some are straightforward landscapes, while others reveal a more mysterious side of the city. The work is intended to explore how knowledge of location can change our perception of an image. A simple, beautiful landscape is somehow more impossible because it exists in Manhattan. A freestanding ramshackle boathouse becomes an architectural treasure because it is the last of its kind in the entire borough. The series is also a catalog of places that will inevitably be cleaned up, built over, razed or landscaped in the coming years as we push every last bit of “nowhere” off the island. Eventually images from the series were made available for use on scaffolding and construction walls throughout Manhattan.

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