Suzanne Theodora White, The Drought, 1/10, 2024, Archival Pigment Print, 25 × 31 inches

My constructed theaters are both imagined landscape and still life. Still life in the spirit of vanitas paintings where the remains of a lavish repast symbolize carelessness and indifference towards life’s abundance, and we see the remnants that remain. Landscape’s history as it is written on the fields and forests where I reside. Living in the Anthropocene era I see it as a chance to challenge the nature of our connection to the natural world. My journey embraces a yearning and hope for reconciliation and healing. This series is the last in a trilogy of projects begun in 2019 which includes The Weight of Memory and The Unguarded Moment. —STW