Trespasser’s Guide to Pompton Lakes, New Jersey

A thesis presented by

Luke Raymond Calamita

to

The Department of History of Art and Architecture

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree with honors of

Bachelor of Arts

Harvard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts

March 8, 2024

Acknowledgements

This thesis is presented as a visual love letter to my hometown and an attempt at explaining conceptions that haven’t lent themselves easily to verbalization. It has been years in the making, with the oldest of my photos dating back to 2014. My love of local history and the many ways of reading landscape have been supported and influenced by:

Mom, who never lets me get too lost

Dad, who has taught me that breaking rules is fun, and not always wrong

Pop-Pop, who has shown me the world and taught me to see it differently

Mom-Mom, who keeps me well-equipped on my journeys

Kylie and Jake Calamita, who took me to my first Pipeline

Steph Brecq, who has supported me from Pompton to Cambridge and back again

Jenna Waibel, who understands my thoughts even when I can’t

Maddie Tarlo, who drives me aimlessly on the backroads

Yasmeen Alfaqeeh, HAA predecessor and CS-1 problem set partner

Stella Gilbert, fellow Lover of the Garden State