My project, ‘Dining on Asphalt’, is a social commentary on waste in America. Using an artistic approach I try to raise the viewer's awareness of this serious issue. Although I capture the subject as it is in its environment I also use artistic composition to engage the viewer. Thus the subject matter becomes appealing rather than repulsive. I chronicle this experience, by photographing the imagery as I find it rather than manipulating it. The vantage point varies slightly to keep my audience actively engaged but the focus is always the fact that the food is on the ground. There are no distracting labels or packaging. The images range from the commonplace to the bizarre. For the project there are eighteen images framed and matted at 18x24, the images themselves are 12x18. There are also three handmade books with more imagery.