Crossing Guard
Crossing Guard

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.

Eurydice
Eurydice

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.

Grow Towards the Light
Grow Towards the Light

Painting

Grow Towards the Light

"Grow Towards the Light" is an exploration of epiphany within a quiet moment.

Hitchhiker
Hitchhiker

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.

Noise Pollution
Noise Pollution

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.

Road Turtle
Road Turtle

Illustration

Road Turtle

Expansive highways disrupt ecosystems and take up swathes of space, even as the slowness of traffic remains steadfast.

Through Windows At High Speeds
Through Windows At High Speeds

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?

Waste
Waste

Sculpture

Waste

'Waste' examines the human and environmental toll that the predominance of the passenger vehicle extracts, using imagery from oil, gas, and plastic industries, as well as inspiration from overhead photography of earth-mineral mines for EV batteries... More

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]