Land that was once imagined as a promised frontier, now obscured by the lasting consequences of westward expansion. The subsequent abandonment of these lands by the very forces that once sought to harness them.

This collection focuses on the forgotten, the overlooked, and the marginalized landscapes of the West, documenting sites where time seems to have stalled, where history feels suspended in a state of neglect, and the small communities that remain. Abandoned homesteads, decaying structures, and barren landscapes tell the story of what happens after the promises of progress and prosperity fade, leaving only traces of a history that has been erased or ignored.

The American West has long been mythologized as a land of untamed beauty, vast wilderness, and rugged individualism. Through the dust, the forgotten remnants of the West's expansion show the passage of time, and the subtle beauty in what remains. What happens after we leave the land behind, no longer able to extract what we want from it? The discarded debris and small communities that remain of the nation’s westward ambition are transformed into a new, unexpected beauty as the land reclaims, and moments of a dark history linger.