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A Walk Across Cumberland Island
Located off the coast of Georgia, Cumberland Island was Designated as National Seashore in 1972 and is a United Nations sanctioned International Biosphere Reserve protecting numerous species of migratory and shorebirds.
Our journey begins in the Maritime Forest where tree branches dripping with spanish moss provide a canopy for songbirds filling the air with their music, and green vegetation blankets the forest floor. In the marshland, a pair of herons adorned in high fashion frocks and flowing locks, pose for the admiring crowd. Muddy trails turn to sand, eventually giving way to an expansive landscape filled with sand dunes topped with green grasses flowing against a beautiful blue sky. Shorebirds refuel on the shore before continuing on their migratory journey.
Through a process of digital compositing, a collection of original photographs featuring Cumberland Island are transformed using bits and pieces of images taken of dumpster walls. String from tape on a South Carolina dumpster mimics wispy spanish moss blowing in the breeze. Rusted weathered metal creates a bark like texture for the maritime forest trees. A metallic blue dumpster located at the back of Ansley Mall in Atlanta creates the shimmering ocean giving way to a green marshland in the distance. Markings on the side of a green dumpster photographed on the streets of Dallas, Texas creates the seagrass atop sand dunes created from a dumpster photographed in South Carolina.
Herons fashioned from magazines, organically dyed papers, handmade paper, and reclaimed textiles are set against a photo of a detailed shot of a dumpster wall. A mixed media piece featuring reclaimed fabrics and handmade papers treated with tea and spinach, are finished with layers of an original image of featuring Cumberland Island.
The collection addresses the role human consumption plays in the deterioration of landscapes found throughout our National park system.
