Lakeside

Assembly and Gnomic Book present “Lakeside” by Virginia-based photographer, Shane Rocheleau. This NFT collection tackles the historical contradictions of white supremacy as they manifest in present day suburban Virginia. The images connect the people and landscapes in his home of Lakeside, VA with the current state of America. Physical communities from the micro to the macro are disintegrating. In “Lakeside” he shows that we must contend with and embrace truth, American flaws and injustices, communal suffering, the humanity of all persons, and each other. We must believe that there is a possibility for redemption, true community, and love with an honest reckoning. “Lakeside” is a representation of spaces initially built to feign the “American Exceptionalism” written to redact America’s oppugnant reality. Lakeside, VA is also a place with 11,000 people doing the best they can, ugly and beautiful things alike, while drowning in the reality that dreaming gets far less than its promise.