2014. Silver gelatin prints. 7 x 7 inches.

Perched atop a hill in Central Ohio, Kenyon College might feel like a bubble if not for various transportation methods: a bicycle, the shuttle, a friend’s vehicle. During my time there as a student, I’d take the bus to Mount Vernon, the closest larger town, and peer out the window, fields and ancient trees flying across my vision. I’d chat with the shuttle operator about a particular slant of light through a spun sugar-textured insect nest and the way a specific house looked crooked on a hill.

When I realized my days in Knox County were waning, the scenes I viewed on drives began to feel fleeting and I sought to capture that sense of transience on film. A friend sat in the driver’s seat, navigating bumpy backroads, while I stuck my upper body out the passenger side window and created photos with my Holga camera.