Taylor Dorrell

There is only one place growing safely in the Rust Belt at a rate unmatched by peers in the region. Columbus, Ohio is a city with a metropolitan population of just over two million, on track to more than double that in the coming decades while others continue to decline. Soon to be home to the world’s largest semiconductor facility, it also shelters one of the most reactionary state legislatures in the United States. Columbus aims to be the city of the future while also acting as the nucleus of corrupt and authoritarian politics, drawing in white collar workers while evicting the homeless and banning access to abortion. This photo series is an attempt to, on the one hand, come to terms with this landscape and all its contradictions, and on the other hand, to highlight routes of resistance against the city’s dystopian trajectory.

Taylor Dorrell

Taylor Dorrell

Art

Fall 2024 - Land

Mike (from the Columbus series)