The 'Urban Myths' series looks at those American cities that have famously grown over night, seemingly out of nothing and against all odds. It consists of diptychs and triptychs juxtaposing images from urban environments so pristine they seem fake, with images of the unlikely and often inhospitable environments that surround them. From a distance the cities begin to appear like dislocated islands of light to which planes and cars are attracted like moths to the light. The areas around the edge of the city are often derelict forgotten spaces; a nations abandoned lots. While the urban environments are visual manifestations of a drive to wealth, success and progress, the images from the edge of the cities refer to how the American West has come to embody a concept of untouched wilderness that no longer exists. The roads frame a human activity that seems futile in this enormous landscape yet at the same time it brings it into focus. The use of long exposures and artificial lighting gives a sense of a condensation of time, a sense of anonymity and strangeness that transform the locations from their everyday appearance into something theatrical and strangely void of human presence.