Artist Statement:
Concealed cell phone towers were first created to disguise the visual pollution of an unsightly yet essential technology of the modern world. Today our landscapes are sown with a quirky mosaic of masquerading palms, evergreens, flagpoles, crosses, and cacti. I document the variety of tower designs and explore the question – how much of an ersatz landscape and manufactured nature are we willing to accept in exchange for quality cell service?

Artist Bio:
Annette LeMay Burke has exhibited work throughout the US and internationally. She has been published in The New York Times, L.A. Times, and Sierra Club Magazine.
In 2021, she was awarded 1st place in Lenscratch’s Vernacular Photo Exhibition, won the Imago Lisboa Photography Festival, was a semi-finalist for a National Portrait Gallery competition, and Daylight Books published a monograph of her disguised cell phone tower images titled Fauxliage.