Seasons 04: Andrew Waits The Middle Distance
09/20/25-10/01/25
Artists
Andrew Waits
Statement
Treasure Island, a manmade landmass in the San Francisco Bay, has carried many identities: world’s fairground, naval station, radiological training site, and housing for low-income residents. Today, it is once again in transition, as redevelopment reshapes its landscape and community.
I began photographing the island in 2018, drawn to its dissonance and uneasy beauty. These photographs reflect not only the island’s state of in-betweenness, but also the wider socioeconomics of the Bay Area and my own sense of standing at a crossroads.
The Middle Distance lingers in the space between here and there, between future and past, where the horizon is always visible, yet stubbornly out of reach. While the ache of distance persists, moments of connection and solidarity surface amid the uncertainty.
BIO
Andrew Waits (b. 1983) is a photographer from the Pacific Northwest. He studied Political Science and Communications at the University of Washington and earned an MFA in Photography from the University of Hartford.
His first body of work, Boondock, explored how survival shapes mobility, interconnection, and the idea of home. His first book, Aporia, examined rapid urbanization and its imprint on both the built environment and the collective psyche. The maquette for Aporia won the 2018 Fiebre Dummy Award and was later published by Dalpine Books.
His newest self-published book, The Middle Distance, is forthcoming through his imprint, Semi-Precious. He currently lives in Oakland, California.