Building the Future in the Urban South

For his latest book, Peter Essick produced through aerial photography abstract and painterly images of construction sites in Atlanta. In presenting this series, Essick’s goal is to reveal the human impact of development as well as the enduring power of the land.

“Atlanta is built for business,” crows the Metro Atlanta Chamber, and few would argue otherwise. The city has long touted itself as the capital of the New South, the shiny new kid on the block with his eyes on the next block over and the one after th...

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