Big Rock Candy Mountain (2007-current)

I am photographing the tourist towns that accompany the natural beauty of The Great Smoky Mountains. The most notable of the towns are Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg in Tennessee and Cherokee in North Carolina. The pure spectacle of the towns brimming with shopping, all-you-can-eat buffets, and pure entertainment, stop some visitors from even seeing the nature up close and unmediated. The attractions fascinate me as they speak to our deepest desires, like being close to wild animals and being transported to new fantastic places for escape. The prints are 22”x28” pigment prints.



Cherokee, NC, 2008 


Gatlinburg, TN, 2007 


Cherokee, NC, 2008 


Cherokee, NC, 2008 


Cherokee, NC, 2007 


Cherokee, NC, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2008 


Chimney Rock, NC, 2008 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2008 


Cherokee, NC, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2009 


Cherokee, NC, 2008 


Cherokee, NC, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2008 


Chimney Rock, NC, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2008 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2007 


Gatlinburg, TN, 2009 


Asheville, NC, 2008 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2009 


Gatlinburg, TN, 2009 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2010 


Pigeon Forge, TN, 2009