From the interior of the earth comes the fuel to eat nature. The image has three layers: an analog layer evoking the spirit of the birth of environmentalism, the second layer, the automated machines that now dominate what was a thriving food production field, and finally, the dense slab-to-sidewalk developments accelerating the housing crisis. Each image comes to mind in a series of memories as I stand in the field, as the grasshoppers go slowly up and down, counting our remaining days.

Archival Pigment on Cotton Paper