Gareth Fuller is an artist and explorer. He walks hundreds of miles to create vast, hand-drawn portraits of place. From London and Beijing to Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., his work reveals stories and identities of landscapes, capturing their personal, geographical, and social essence in what he calls ‘maps of the mind.’
In 2017, Beijing’s recycling system was known to be highly efficient, if controversial. Huge mounds of waste were sorted by people living on site, in small dwellings, amongst the decay.
Marylander Peter Carnes pioneered U.S. ballooning in 1784 near Bladensburg; after a failed first attempt, his second flight carried a 13-year-old boy—America’s first aerial passenger.
Sis’s Tavern in North Brentwood, MD, has been a beloved community hub for over 100 years. The building was leased to Marie “Sis” Walls in the 1950s who ran it as a tavern, hosting legends like Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey, who both made stops at Sis’s after playing segregated shows in Washington, D.C..
