Recreation

This short film investigates the cult of image making surrounding one of the most iconic American landscapes. Through a barrage of home movies and social videos this film examines the extensive archive of amateur images that have been created in and around Grand Canyon National Park, provoking questions about the relationships between tourism, photography, land use and memory in the American southwest. This short film investigates the cult of image making surrounding one of the most iconic American landscapes. Through a barrage of home movies and social videos this film examines the extensive archive of amateur images that have been created in and around Grand Canyon National Park, provoking questions about the relationships between tourism, photography, land use and memory in the American southwest. This short film investigates the cult of image making surrounding one of the most iconic American landscapes. Through a barrage of home movies and social videos this film examines the extensive archive of amateur images that have been created in and around Grand Canyon National Park, provoking questions about the relationships between tourism, photography, land use and memory in the American southwest. This short film investigates the cult of image making surrounding one of the most iconic American landscapes. Through a barrage of home movies and social videos this film examines the extensive archive of amateur images that have been created in and around Grand Canyon National Park, provoking questions about the relationships between tourism, photography, land use and memory in the American southwest.