The Makeshift City is compiled of photographs
made in and around Atlanta, Georgia.

The city of
Atlanta is currently in the midst of a seismic shift of
population growth, real estate development and
economic disparity that follows decades of systemic
racism and Jim Crow policies that have plagued the
American South since the Civil War. Atlanta is a city
that has been built and destroyed several times over,
leaving behind comparatively few traces of its own
past despite its status as the cradle of the Civil Rights
Movement and a progressive bubble amidst a rural
and mostly conservative part of the country. As the
city continues to struggle against the backdrop of
history, it seeks to rebrand itself as a global mecca for
new wealth, Hollywood production and opportunity.

The city of Atlanta in the US has endured constant change throughout its history. It has been
destroyed and rebuilt several times over, survived slavery and racial segregation
to become the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement, and recently recast the
state of Georgia as a blue wave in a sea of neighbouring red states. The
Makeshift City by Joshua Dudley Greer shows a contemporary Atlanta in a
state of flux--both a unique city with a specific history and culture, and a
generic American metropolis struggling to forge its identity.