Getting Lost: Photographs from Jonathan Johnson’s Low Season and Green Country

Abstract

This essay explores Jonathan Johnson’s recent photographic works in Thailand and Costa Rica, where he uses methods of walking and getting lost to critically address productivism and the speed and consumption of digital culture. Richly contextual, the images explore themes of urban and rural landscapes, absence and presence, and in-betweenness. Throughout, Johnson draws from his experiences of moving between cultures, places, and his Thai and American heritage.

Key Words:

• Costa Rica
• Photography
• Thailand
• Unstructured Time
• Walking Artist

Notes

1 Examples include the Walking Artist Network in Europe and The Walk Discourse in the United States. For additional examples, see Pink, Hubbard, O’Neill, and Radley (2010).