Recent Columbia College graduate Mike Reinders' photographs explores the American landscape as it addresses the idea of Manifest destiny. In his statement, Reinders explains:
"The photographs describe two views of a contemporary landscape -- one is from a Romantic 19th century tradition where grandness of the land is cherished; the other confronts modern spaces that at times seem completely incapable of living up to a standard set by Western explorers.
In places that were defined by what was once called wild, the Frontier still holds what we are searching for."
"Red Rocks, 2008"
© Mike Reinders
"Look Rock, 2009"
© Mike Reinders
"Nashville, 2009"
© Mike Reinders
"Joseph of Missouri, 2007"
© Mike Reinders
"Duluth Central, 2008"
© Mike Reinders