In urban cores, roads take up about 20% to 30% of the land. These interstitial zones serve as negative spaces in our perception of the environment. At street level, they create pedestals for sculptural buildings and landscaping on display. Yet I see them as landscapes in their own right, like deserts bearing the marks of abrasion, construction and mysterious paintings. The mobile inhabitants of this environment leave an impression in the camera, an acknowledgment of the land's raison d' être. The blacktop fills the frame; the focus is squarely on it. There is no choice but to examine this intimately familiar yet overlooked terrain we've made for ourselves.