The images I have collected are a product of my experience going out onto South Congress and having a natural curiosity for things that were not necessarily seen from the street. Upon going and exploring (taking images as I went) I found myself asking the question, “Why are these things hidden?” The more I went out, the more I veered from the street and searched for things that were hidden from the public. A lot of the objects in these photos are not aesthetically pleasing at all and that fact lead me to believe these little places I found were hidden because of that.

In connection to Gestalt I really focused on my physical proximity to South Congress; I never went further than 30 feet. I wanted to emphasize really how close these places are from the actual street. I also focused on the physical containment of the objects and how closed off they were from the public. All the images I took are not visible from the street because they were either located behind the building or enclosed in a fence-like structure. The locational grouping of these photos also connects to Gestalt. They’re all located along South Congress within ½ mile of each other. This radius while standing on the street is much different then the images I took. I found this significant to the why I took these photos; I wanted the viewer to understand that the things we try to cover up, hide, and distort are really not that far from the beauty we try to protect.