Annalise Hagen

Portland, Oregon

My life has involved much uprooting, and I’ve lived in both urban and rural contexts across the United States. Throughout, photography has been a language that has helped me consider questions of permanence and place.

This series explores the forests and parks of my previous city of Atlanta, natural spaces that are integral to the well-being of so many residents, yet whose continued existence is tenuous. In these forests—often found wedged between highways, abandoned shopping malls, or suburban developments—animal, plant, and human life braid around each other, echoing common stories of loss, growth, and belonging.