Amid Blue Hills is a photographic odyssey, exploring the rural communities of the once colonial Virginia state. Scott’s considered observations reflect an ongoing curiosity and affection for the quiet Appalachian landscape.
Photographs of empty plantation homes, decaying antiquities and abandoned vehicles point to a culture of a bygone era. These photographs are contrasted by incidental images of warm light spilling into frame, and the emergence of new growth amongst the decay. Such depictions consider the contrast between the beauty of the landscape, and its unsettling origin, while portraits of inhabitants offer an intimate window into the community. Set against the Blue Ridge Mountains, Scott’s photographic wanderings speak to the duality between temporality and permanence, and the establishment of a national identity based on myth.

By Esmé Scott