The images in Side Roads are from small towns in western Connecticut and bear the signs of New England history, culture, and climate. These images are, however, not about a place but rather about relationships that develop between people, places, and times. Iconic scenes of small town streets, homes, stores, and churches are not represented. What we see are the factories and businesses that decline and turn into ruins only to be replaced by the next wave of more invasive counterparts; the reservoirs that cover streams, and valleys, and even towns; and the nature preserves and land trusts that are necessary to prevent the development of all of the fields, meadows, and woodlands. At the same time we can see a vitality and enduring beauty in those places where man and the environment seem to be at peace, and we can then begin to form ideas about how it is that some people make authentic connections to places that are called home. Side Roads as a body of photographs draws on all of this visual diversity and celebrates those sometimes hidden places that speak to us with a sense of imagination, creativity, and just a little madness.