Photographer Laureate 2007
The Big Picture Vol. V
by
Marion Belanger
Real Estate / Spaces in Transition
For many years I have been interested
in the concepts of persistence and change, and in the way that boundaries
demarcate difference, particularly in regards to the land. I have primarily
photographed in places where wildness gave way to the built, and this is what I
had intended to seek out in Tampa. However, after walking the streets of
downtown I was impressed by the number of empty buildings, especially in
contrast to the significant amount of new construction occurring in the city.
Similar to many other cities, downtown Tampa had been forsaken to chain stores,
strip malls, and suburban developments. Now the city is experiencing resurgence
in downtown real estate, and it is the transformation of the old, and the
building of the new, that is the focus of my project.
Images shown are part of, but not the final images from The Big Picture Vol.
V.
www.marionbelanger.com
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