There and Now

As I continue the uphill search for a publisher willing to support this book, I find myself wanting to expand the series with increasingly obscured views of Estrella Mountain. At the same time, I’ve become more aware of the growing public attention surrounding the rapid spread of data centers and warehouse development across the desert Southwest.

This image reflects two eras of corporate presence in the desert landscape. I’m not interested in taking a political stance as much as observing how the visual language of the contemporary West is changing. What was once suburban expansion is becoming something larger and more institutional. Warehouses, distribution hubs, and data infrastructure are reshaping the edges of the desert into a new kind of urbanism.

There’s a distinctly contemporary Western atmosphere here. The horizon remains, but the space surrounding it is increasingly defined by logistics, industry, and systems of scale.

This is my first attempt at pursuing publication for a project like this, so much of the process still feels uncertain. For now, I’m simply continuing to make photographs that matter to me and following the project wherever it leads.