Untitled by Craig Reynolds

Once again, we come to images of man's imprint on nature, where the men themselves are devoid from the frame of the image. The imprint here is less about environmental commentary, like that by work of contender William Goldkind, and more about how we forge relationships with nature, and clear spaces in it, to become our own. When did we develop the idea--or is it intrinsic to our adaptive paths--that we could draw lines in the grass for our recreation, or occupy a space in the woods, with a mattress and tarp? What paths that we tread accept the environment as it is, and when and where to we find the need and permission to change it? Reynolds explores his surroundings with open eyes to these intersections of human and natural circumstance, working to discern the fine line between accepting nature and adapting it.