ATLnature is your guide to Atlanta's trails and other rad nature stuff in the city. Live in the city but miss hiking on the weekends? Don’t have time (or a car!) for a trip to north Georgia? Did you know there are over 30 nature trails inside the perimeter of 285 alone?
Most Atlanta nature guides require one to go far outside the City of Atlanta, but I have found that there are many opportunities far closer.
The map depicts a circle centered on dooGallery with a radius of three miles. The locations photographed are within this radius.
Most Atlanta nature guides require one to go far outside the City of Atlanta, but I have found that there are many opportunities far closer.
The map depicts a circle centered on Clough with a radius of three miles. The locations photographed are within this radius.
This is the show that turned my guide book project back into an art project. I wanted to participate in the Atlanta Photographers Guild push-pin show, so I printed out a bunch of 4"x6" photos. I then sat down in the pub and organized them into categories. One of the categories I came up with was "Proximity". I determined the distance between each photo and the pub, and wrote each below the photo, adding the caption "Each of these photos was taken within 6 miles of here."
Most of the photos I take for the Atlanta Proximity project are taken within the "perimeter" of I-285. Atlantans spend a lot of time thinking about the perimeter, comparing ITP (inside the perimeter) to OTP (outside). But I-285 isn't the only perimeter that should interest us as Atlantans.
Watersheds are another example of a type of perimeter.
For the last three years, I've been documenting Atlanta's intown parks through photos and maps. Therefore, the idea of an event with Atlanta's wildernesses as its theme naturally excited me. I wanted to learn more about these greenspaces and to have the chance to share my knowledge and views with others.
While these parks aren't what we typically think of as "wildernesses," there are certainly elements of the wild present in them, from muskrats and deer and blue herons to native Piedmont trees that are hundreds of years old. They also provide spaces for quiet reflection away from frantic city life and traffic, a valuable resource for our city.
During the field seminars, we learned about Atlanta's watersheds and about how our urban environment and living impacts the natural environment of creeks. We also learned how greenspaces can help to mitigate our impact. My watershed maps are a result of these discussions.