Idlewild is the working title of a longterm project that I have been working on over the past three years photographing the neighborhoods of Jamaica Bay. The pictures here were mostly taken in Howard Beach, Canarsie, Meadowmere, Ozone Park, and Broad Channel. The title “Idlewild” references the old name of JFK airport, which is the only point of contact most New Yorkers and visitors have with the area. With Idlewild I hope to show these ecologically devastated yet still beautiful neighborhoods I grew up in to a wider audience.