City is placelessness, topogenic despite itself. Optimized for shipment of goods and people, dedicated zoning, passage and property regulation, cities are measured in units and directions of movement. Dead ends are an oddity, something to be reworked — but until then they are possible places, small interruptions in the perpetual flow, leaving a space for breathing. Few and far, they compose a separate city, reclaimed, peaceful.

A Peaceful City was shot in several major cities in the US, around high-volume transportation arteries: highways, bridges, airfields and industrial ports.