Plastic orange fences mark “nature areas” that are to remain undisturbed during construction at the North Carolina Zoological Park near Asheboro, North Carolina

The idea of wilderness is part of the paradigm of Nature that has been created and maintained in order to realize cultural, economic, and spiritual goals. In our attempt to manipulate biotic communities for human purposes, we have forgotten “humanature.” This photograph is part of a project that uses color photographs to document the pervasive control of nature, using the sunbelt South as the focus of the study.
—Excerpt from artist’s statement by Peter Goin