Pilot Point, TX
This body of work is rooted in Pilot Point, Texas, and the rural landscapes of northern Denton and Cooke Counties. Quiet roads, open pastureland, and long stretches of privately held land define the region, producing a landscape that feels both expansive and contained.
Working through a romantic and critical lens, I photograph these environments with attention to light, texture, and distance. The images linger on what is visible and what remains just beyond reach, allowing the land to hold multiple readings.
Hub Clark Road
I took these photographs along Hub Clark Road in Pilot Point, a quiet stretch of land lined with horse ranches and expansive country estates. From the road, the landscape feels peaceful. What isn’t immediately visible is St. John’s Cemetery, tucked behind these properties.
St. John’s was once part of a freedmen’s town established in the 1870s by formerly enslaved people who migrated from Alabama. By the 1930s, the community had largely disappeared. The cemetery—holding an estimated 400 graves, most of them unmarked—is the only remaining physical trace of that town.
Once county-owned, the cemetery is now completely surrounded by private property and inaccessible without permission from landowners. Unable to gain access, I photographed what I could from the public road. Being there is unsettling: the land is undeniably beautiful, yet it contains a buried history. These images sit within that tension, between serenity and the presence of a history that remains hidden just beyond view.
