[published: July 30, 2009]
The Desert
A photographic trek into the unmapped spaces on the edges of suburbia.
The Desert is a 40-acre piece of uninhabited land that occupies the center of Village Mill, the suburban Atlanta subdivision where I was raised.
The Desert has long been a playground for Village Mill kids looking to get out of the house and escape their parents; kids looking for summertime adventure and mischief; kids looking for honeysuckle and poison ivy amidst a sea of bermuda grass and holly bushes.
In this project, I return to my neighborhood and revisit The Desert.
JB Reed is a photojournalist living in New York. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and International Herald Tribune. JB’s previous work for Last Exit examined Obama’s inauguration, his election and the final days of Coney Island.
Copyright Last Exit 2009
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