This is a personal project I did for a documentary photography class at the University of Iowa on Andalusia, Illinois, where my grandparents owned and operated a harbor on the Mississippi River and where I spent summer weekends for many years. Since the death of my grandfather, it has been in a state of declining use for boaters and increasing use for local kids trying to escape parental supervision. As I entered my senior year of college, and my adulthood, I wanted to visually explore to the place where my fondest memories occurred. While I was able to isolate recognizable vignettes from the past, this project is a reminder that nothing last forever.
I shot this with black and white film using a 35mm SLR and a plastic medium format camera. I scanned the images, arranged them on a Photoshop canvas, and printed it on a 15-foot piece of roll paper. Below is a miniature version of the final product.
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