The suburbs

Paul Octavious on Instagram: "Suburban Mirage 📍 I’ve been exploring the idea of a body of work based on the suburbs from my perspective. Welcome to The Valley."

An architect immerses himself in residential production housing to learn why people like it—and what it can teach Americans about the future of urban design.

Suburbs series by artist Hayden Clay, which explores the surreal American suburbs

​William Broadhurst is a Melbourne-based film photographer fixated on the stillness of dusk.

local gas station

Thomas Jordan is an American photographer, living and working in Illinois. He finds inspiration in Chicago Suburbs, looking for moments of clarity.

Escondido, California I bought a huge lot of slides at a local antique shop. Unfortunately, most of them are very uninteresting. There are a few shots of a parade in Escondido and a few of Disneyland, though.

Today in conventional wisdom–busting news, we learn that grimy old cities are attracting more residential construction than the bright suburban frontier. Urban redevelopment is outpacing fringe sprawl by a solid margin, according to a new EPA study of the nation’s 50 largest metro areas. It’s a “fundamental shift in the real estate market,” says the […]

Photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards sees the suburbs as the 'physical embodiment of the American Dream.' Her images reveal aspiration and stability, but also the more mundane aspects of a suburban existence.