Working Land refers to two facets of rural landscape: the idea of working the land as a vocation and as a description of productive ground. My family tree includes immigrant ancestors who made a living from working the soil and some of their descendants who carry on this work to the present day. That personal connection to working land inspired the project.
map of lida farm by sylvia
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Lida Farm, October 25, 2015: The place a child grows up makes a life-long imprint on her personality. Sylvia will remember this place always, the terrain already committed to memory as evidenced by her map. While I sat in the kitchen talking to her parents, Sylvia quietly created this diagram of her home territory, surprising me with it as I was about to leave.