Archeology of 4730 Lexington Avenue

Archeology of 4730 Lexington Avenue, 2025

Archeology of 4730 Lexington Avenue visually depicts the arc of a former industrial laundry as it transforms into a public green space and photographic arts center. To generate these photographs, I craft detailed models from translucent paper, architectural materials, and photos of the site, and place the physical constructions on a large lightbox to be photographed. This allows me to abstract the landscape, toy with perspective and perception, and combine the present and future iterations of the building.  The resulting photographs acknowledge the building’s history as a former laundry and nod to its potential as a place for creative endeavors and interaction with nature.  Collectively, these fourteen photographs articulate a place, document a metamorphosis, and carve out a cerebral space to reimagine our collective future in the region.