All of these pictures were taken within two miles of my suburban home in Evanston, Illinois. Evanston and other nearby suburbs are often used as a backdrop in popular films, notably John Hughes’s movies, to represent typical American life. Our mental representations of American suburbs are tied to our ideas of safety, conformity, and quality of life. It’s not my intention to change these notions, but to explore and complicate their contours through pictures.
— Maxwell Ross, Evanston, Illinois, USA
