Drive-up Wilderness
In the eastern United States, concentrated along the spine of the Appalachians, there are many mountains with paved roads built to the top. If the roads had never been constructed, these mountaintops would be wilderness, requiring much effort and skill to visit on foot. With the roads, however, in only a few minutes and with minimal preparation, people can summit these peaks via automobile. The result: a landscape composed of a sharp juxtaposition between elements of wilderness and the infrastructure of our modern society, a tension between brutal weather and scenic overlooks, between spruce trees and parking lots, between fields of rock and walls of concrete, between chestnut oaks and cell towers.Work in progress
