The Badlands Series - Part I

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-The Badlands Series-

Part I

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The Badlands Series is a project using images I took in the Badlands National Park in July of 2020. These images were then blended with a self-created texture made in an effort to express the aesthetic and feel of infrared and topographical landscape and ocean terrain maps. I also seek to convey the interconnections of environmental processes that are inextricably linked; how erosion and weathering have influenced and shaped our current environment, while blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

The forefront of inspiration for this project comes from an affinity for topographical maps, landscapes, and color along with geological and geographical interest thrown in.

The Badlands National Park occupies roughly 244,000 acres in southwestern South Dakota. The unique landscape, characterized by buttes, canyons,spires,and cliffs, is the result of deposition and erosion processes which began millions of years ago. Originally designated as a national monument in 1939, it became a national park in 1979.

Part I of this series consists of the below 3 images shown in both color and black & white.