Louise Levergneux

Louise Levergneux's City Shields and the accompanying video A Look at City Shields, document the artist's travels

Wherever she goes, the South Jordan artist feels compelled to roll down the window, poke her head out and stare down at the asphalt, while her husband drives.

Each issue of City Shields is representative of a place, and the photographs imply space, but a form to hold them in relation is noticeably missing.

Louise Levergneux's artist’s book City Shields, documents downcast pedestrian observations of manhole covers that plot an urban trajectory, a road trip as the artist perambulates through American, Canadian and Scottish cities.

Over several years, Louise Levergneux has been photographing thousands of manhole covers in Canada, the United States, and Scotland. The project is aptly titled City Shields, as manhole covers protect access to the underground urban infrastructure.