We are harvesting the generational impact of what was planted by our elders. How we respond to the consequences of Progress will determine the future of the environment that sustains us. These photographs were taken in the summer of 2025 in Minnesota. Their subjects include rivers, forests, and urban landscapes; splendour and disarray. They are simultaneously about the geography of the Midwest, the role of industrialisation, and the crisis of our time: climate change.

1. Pine Bend Refinery, Rosemount, Minnesota, 2025.

2. Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Shakopee, Minnesota, 2025.

3. Black Dog Power Station, Burnsville, Minnesota, 2025.

4. Spoil tips, Midge Lake, Minnesota, 2025.

5. Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. Savage, Minnesota, 2025.

6. Minnesota Valley State Trail, Shakopee, Minnesota, 2025.

7. Lumber Mill, Farden Township, Minnesota, 2025.

8. Grant Valley, Bemidji, Minnesota, 2025.

9. Rahr Malthouse, Shakopee, Minnesota, 2025.

10. Minnesota River, Bloomington Ferry, Minnesota, 2025.

These photographs were submitted as a project for my Master of Arts in Photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

All photographs were made using a Nikon Z7ii, NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S Lens, and Kase Revolution CPL, ND 8, 64, and 1000 filters.