Alec Sellers 2026

Abstract

When scratching just beneath the surface, Las Vegas is a highly complex space. It means a lot of things to a lot of people. The Meadows is a series of photographs and writing centered around the Las Vegas Strip and my connection to it from my childhood. It consists of 10 photographs printed at 44” x 33.5” on Epson Exhibition Fiber as well as a few excerpts from its accompanying thesis paper. The photographs detail lesser-seen and lesser-noticed scenes of Las Vegas spanning late nights and long days. The Meadows seeks to explore Las Vegas and understand it from an ideological and societal perspective, but also from the perspective of a scared kid. Before, I simply didn’t like Las Vegas because it was a place where I was forced to be overstimulated, but I found the real answer to be much more involved. There was more to this place. In my investigation, Las Vegas began to make much more sense to me and none at all at the same time.