boundary bay trail
10.2024
In close attention to ritual and return, boundary bay trail traces a walk shared with my grandpa each time I go home. Set along the shoreline near the Peace Arch Border Crossing, the series follows birds, wind, ocean air, and the quiet pace of moving through a familiar landscape together.
The trail has become more than a place to walk. It is a small tradition, repeated across visits, where conversation, silence, weather, and memory gather naturally. Through these photographs, the landscape becomes a way of holding closeness to family, to home, and to the natural world that shaped me.
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Each image comes from the slower rhythm of being outside with someone I love. The birds, grasses, shoreline, and open sky are not treated as background, but as part of the experience itself. They carry the feeling of the walk: the sound of wind moving off the water, the pauses to look outward, and the shared attention between two people returning to the same path.
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Over time, this place has become a marker of connection. Whenever I am back home, walking boundary bay with my grandpa feels like a way of briefly returning to something steady. The series holds that ritual with tenderness, allowing the trail to become both a landscape and a record of care.
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