From the inception of his practice, James Casebere has constructed handmade models in his studio as subjects for his photographs. His 1985 work references Utah’s National Park, Arches, a vast natural phenomenon. In contrast, Casebere’s model is domestic in scale and alludes to the philosophical ideas propositioned in Plato’s Cave. Casebere positions the viewer as the prisoner, faced with the constructed simulacrum rather than reality.