Ruins have inspired similar kinds of objectification for millennia. For many, they’re visual objects, things to romanticize, fetishize and look at from afar. It’s a simplified way of seeing that lends itself to extraction more than engagement, a kind “over-aestheticization of past eras." Henri Lefebvre explored the phenomenon in 1968, writing that... See more

I’ve chosen Los Angeles. I’ve fallen in love with this city. I’m surrounded by friends who have settled down here, who have chosen to build lives here, too. Now, we all know people who’ve lost everything, if we haven’t ourselves. We’re masking up to protect our lungs from burnt asbestos in the air and wondering what a future in L.A. looks like. No... See more