A POST-DOCUMENTARY ARCHIVE

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SELECTED WORKS: Spatial & Social Ecologies Of The Periphery

 

THE AMERICAN SILENCE: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Spree Homicide, 2024

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

Cory Zimmerman

THE AMERICAN SILENCE: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Spree Homicide, 2024

24 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

213.36 × 203.2 cm [84 × 80 in.]

Colby, Kansas, USA

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

THE DEATH OF AIR: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Double Homicide, 2023

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

Cory Zimmerman

THE DEATH OF AIR: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Double Homicide, 2023

Photographic print on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

213.36 × 182.88.2 cm [84 × 72 in.]

Canton, Illinois

Edition 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 

GIVE ME SILENCE: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Impending Doom, 2025

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

Cory Zimmerman

GIVE me SILENCE: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Impending Doom, 2025

6 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

142.24 × 121.92 cm [56 × 48 in.]

Central/Northern Guatemala

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 

THE GEOMETRY OF ISOLATION: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Existential Dread, 2025

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

Cory Zimmerman

THE GEOMETRY OF ISOLATION: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Existential Dread, 2025

8 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

137.16 × 121.92 cm [54 × 48 in.]

Iceland

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 

SPATIAL ERRORS: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Dislocation, 2025

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

SPATIAL ERRORS: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Dislocation, 2025

7 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

147.32 × 101.6 cm [58 × 40 in.]

Jubilee, Illinois, USA

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 

MESTIZAJE: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & The In-Between, 2026

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

MESTIZAJE: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & The In-Between 2025

6 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

172.72 × 91.44 cm [68 × 36 in.]

Mexico City, Mexico

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 

UA-05.2026-P201: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Automated Warfare, 2026

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

UA-05.2026-P201: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Automated Warfare, 2026

Photographic print on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

167.64 × 132.08 cm [66 × 52 in.]

Dnipro City, Ukraine

Edition 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 
 
 

UA-05.2026-P202: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Automated Warfare, 2026

Photographic print on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

121.92 x 182.88 cm [48 x 72 in.]

Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine

Edition 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

UA-05.2026-P203: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Great Expectations, 2026

Photographic print on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

243.84 x 182.88 cm [96 x 72 in.]

Chornobyl, Ukraine

Edition 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

MODERN GROUND: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Nuclear Meltdown, 2026

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

Cory Zimmerman

MODERN GROUND: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Nuclear Meltdown, 2026

24 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

213.36 × 203.2 cm [84 × 80 in.]

Chornobyl, Ukraine

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 
 

 

THE SILENT MIGRATION: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Displacement, 2026

 
 
Cory Zimmerman

Cory Zimmerman

THE SILENT MIGRATION: A Study Of Derivative Topographics & Displacement, 2026

24 Photographic prints on Hahnmühle Matte Photo Rag paper

203.2 × 213.36 cm [80 × 84 in.]

Kharkiv Oblast / Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Editions 1 of 1, collection of the artist

 
 
 
 
Cory Zimmerman
 
 

Selected Works — Cory Zimmerman

A Post-Documentary Archive and Conceptual Art Repository (2014–2026)

A comprehensive index of site-specific archives, visual plates, environmental typologies, and photographic sequences examining spatial degradation, structural trauma, and the social ecology of the periphery.

Core Theoretical & Methodological Pillars:

  • Plates: The unadulterated photographic and acoustic record. Raw physical evidence, field recordings, and visual artifacts captured under the parameters of automated command and autonomous systems.
  • Theory: An examination of structural trauma, spatial degradation, and the clinical mechanics of the middle distance.
  • Methodology: The subversion of traditional documentary evidence through delegated logistics and systematic field modeling.
  • Objects: Material manifestations of containment, automated command, and the mechanized apparatus of war.

Featured long-form projects include The Machine, The Medium of War, The Silent Migration, and chronological site surveys logged from 2014 to the present.