Joel Sternfeld’s series On This Site, initiated in the 1990s, marks a key moment in the evolution of conceptual landscape photography. Subverting traditional landscape aesthetics, the series documents seemingly mundane American locales that have been the sites of significant and often violent events. Sternfeld presents these sites in their current, unremarkable state to challenge viewers’ perceptions of historical continuity and interrogate the complex relationship between place, memory, and historical narrative.