NORTH DALLAS; or, Three Weeks With A CyberShot in the Silicon Prairie (2018) is an homage to my favorite photobooks. While they were often made with large-format cameras over long periods of time, this project was made under three weeks with a Sony Cybershot from 2003. That digital camera’s small sensor size acts as a contrast to their influence, a difference nearly cancelled out by a larger-than-life Texas . Using turn-of-the-century tech from the last time I lived and photographed there during my adolescence, the series looks to the city’s sprawling built enviroment, its iconography and symbols. A history of guns, violence, education, entertainment, religion, environment, and class are intertwined with the landscape. Dallas was my birthplace and home for a long time but was a strained relationship. This was my first time back in many years and sometimes the photographs feel like they were made in a dream. A maquette was made (see above) but the book remains unpublished.
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