23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Webbing

This is a photograph of a spiderweb I found connecting branches in woods near my house. Through dark, atmospheric photographs of the neglected, overgrown places where I grew up, I explore landscapes as unresolved as the memories they mirror. Twisted vines and forgotten paths reflect the shame and rage I’ve carried, the sense of being lost and searching for something I never truly knew. These images become a visual meditation on what is taken, what remains, and the quiet hauntings held in both bodies and place.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Norwood, Massachusetts, United States of America
Copyright: © Chloe Ronco