RIVERLAND

After Covid-19, South Florida has been undergoing a tremendous change with upper state residents migrating in to find a spacious outdoor living. This movement has shaken up the culture, residential living, and urban development. Amid many impacted neighborhoods, is Riverland, sitting on the far west side of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A bridge. A corner in between massive modernization and a grasp of desire for living amid non man-made landscape and untouched trees. There, you can still find 5 acres of natural woodland, voraciously protected by the community in 2015 against a proposed development of 14 homes. These photos aim to represent the constant push and pull between preservation and the economic pressure for a standardized suburbanization with its post modern architecture, inflated real state prices and a flattening lifestyle.

As it has been seen in human history, certain ways of living can fade little by little, right in front of our eyes. Riverland is one, but it could be anywhere.