Painting
Eurydice
Driving is one of the most dangerous tasks the majority of people engage in on a regular basis--a moment of distraction can change everything.
Other
Crossing Guard
Amid larger and larger vehicles and adverse light conditions, cars pose a danger to unseen pedestrians. Car fatality rates are disproportionately high among teenagers and young adults.
Animation
Hitchhiker
When communities are reliant upon cars to meet their needs, lack of access to a vehicle leaves one vulnerable and stranded. Animated phenakistoscope.
Painting
Noise Pollution
Understudied and underestimated, noise pollution is proving to be as damaging to the body as other forms of air pollution, causing undue and invisible stress upon the individual and their environment.
Illustration
Road Turtle
Expansive highways disrupt ecosystems and take up swathes of space, even as the slowness of traffic remains steadfast.
Painting
Through Windows At High Speeds
As we explore and exist within cars, how does our perception of the exterior world shift? Distance blurs together, as do other drivers and passengers, road debris, roadkill, and the land itself. The view is always changing. How is it changing us?
Work by
Ezra Humphreys
Illustration
“'By The Wayside' is a roadtrip through the various issues and challenges presented by car-culture and automobile-dependent infrastructure. Through mythical and surrealist imagery, this body of...” [More]