Miguel Esparza
This Place Rules, is an ongoing documentary and portrait-based project that explores the community of people living in Big Bear, California. For each of the mountain’s residents, there was a push and pull for their family to end up there. Everyone ends up in Big Bear for a reason. The list goes on: a new start, finding purpose, a change of pace, privacy, and freedom from the stresses of normal life. One way or another, people are led there and become a part of a community. They become a part of the environment. This project seeks to understand the residents and the land and how those two are interconnected.