City Rule

Walking through the city every day, we often see yellow road markings, red-and-white boundaries, traffic symbols, and various signs. They tell us where we can go, where we cannot stop, and quietly shape how people and vehicles move through the city. I began to notice these everyday things that are so easily overlooked. When I photograph only a small part of the street, the markings and symbols that were originally meant to give directions seem to lose their original function, becoming lines, blocks of color, and shapes within the image. These photographs are a way of looking again at the city I know so well. The road markings we pass every day without much notice are constantly dividing space and shaping the rhythm of how people live in the city.