“Lost America” In 20 Street Photos By Matthew Portch

LOST AMERICA

'Lost America' examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense, ‘on pause.’ Backwater towns and rural corners are juxtaposed with the ambiguity of detached suburbia. Places appear frozen in time, their inhabitants absent or long since departed. Ardently stagnant in appearance, the spaces yearn to instill a melancholic feeling of familiarity. One might not notice the scenes when viewed within the vast stretch of America’s panorama. Yet, framed as a vignette, each could appear to echo a moment of mournful reverie and reflective contemplation.