Alas, Babylon
By Corey George
National Boulevard, Sarasota, FL
Artist: Corey George
Location: Florida
Project: Alas, Babylon
Description: What will happen when humanity pushes itself to the brink of extinction? That’s the question posed by Corey George in “Alas, Babylon,” a series of photographs documenting Florida’s vast underpopulated suburbs. Slowly yet relentlessly, nature is reclaiming places like Lehigh Acres, with its 100,000 empty lots and 10,000 miles of unused roads. “One day,” George says, “these roads will be gone, and this land will go back to being Florida scrubland and forest.”
Part I: Deadends
Tires, Charlotte County, FL
Honduras, Lehigh Acres, FL, June
Honduras, Charlotte County, FL
Crooked Creek, South Venice, FL
National Boulevard, Sarasota, FL
Pasture Gate, Parrish, FL
Barnsdale, North Port, FL
Part II: Failed Subdivisions
Morgan Hammock, Parrish, FL
Unpaved Road, The Gardens, Parrish, FL
Bee Hives, Lehigh Acres, FL
Model Homes, Ryegrass Run, Parrish, FL, March
Canal, Lehigh Acres, FL
Maidstone, Grove City, FL, December
Pine Valley, Rotonda, FL
Hog Traps, Sarasota National Golf Community, South Venice, FL