Get Wasted is a series begun in September, 2006. These photos are an exploration of human interaction with waste and consumerism. It is not my design to express any condemnation or indictments of modern society; rather, it is to further identify my playful fascination and personal connection with the emptiness, ruin, and blight left in humanity’s footprint. By wrapping subjects in discarded paper, characters emerge from the nascency of alleged progress, fully adapted to a state of alteration, whose end may be for better or worse. These characters are of unknown identity - perhaps culpable for the state of their surroundings, perhaps simply a product of their environment, or possibly even messianic. While identities are absent, participation with the surroundings is recognized, yet free of any responsibility, praise, or blame.

Dustin Wade