In 2021, I published my first photo book documenting Atlanta’s railroad infrastructure. But a chance encounter outside a Scottdale supermarket revealed what I was really photographing: the physical geography of racial and cultural division.
A man approached me that foggy morning and said, “I know what they think of me. I come from the wrong side of the tracks.” He meant it literally—the railroad tracks divided his neighborhood from the more affluent one across the way, and it had been that way since their formation.
This is Part 1 of a 6-part series revisiting BTNTRX.V1 before the February 2026 release of the expanded edition, BTNTRX.V1.5.
Coming this week:
Jan 2: Photo Essay - Scottdale: Where It All Began
Jan 3: Video - By Design: How Railroads Divided Atlanta
Jan 4: Photo Essay - Infrastructure as Barrier
Jan 5: Video - Beauty in the Beaten Path
Jan 6: Photo Essay - The Complete Journey
