On outer Cape Cod near Provincetown is a place known as the backshore.  Many unfamiliar with the history of these dunes might be surprised to find they were created by early settlers cutting down the entire forest once covering the dunes for their own use, destroying roots that held the soil in place.

The relentless cape winds created the dunes as we know them today.

Here one can walk across exquisite dunes in a short time to reach an ocean beach; one often marred by plastic debris of all descriptions. Such non-biodegradable material will not easily disappear.

There will be no clean sweep this time by the wind to hide the recent assault on the environment by dumping plastic in the sea.

By combining photographs of pristine dunes with plastic debris on nearby beaches in a series titled, Idyllic Landscape, my intention is to provoke questions about the consequences of present-day mistakes., 


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