An Isthmus is a narrow piece of land that separates one body of water from another and connects two larger land masses. These landforms are of great ecological importance, functioning as essential migration routes for both plants and animals. There are various critical isthmuses around the planet, and I grew up on one that defines the southeast shore of Lake Manitoba. I have found that landscapes like these that exist on literal margins of space, are especially comforting. They act as doorways and openings into a path of careful observation and meditation in nature, which is best experienced slowly and by walking them.

Walking the Isthmus guides the viewer through a series of photographs inspired by walking shorelines, riverbanks, and forests that exist on the edges of ecological boundaries. This work deals with themes of solitude, introversion, and abandonment. Meandering through spaces alone with an introspective state of mind and acting out an escape from the traumas of a social life, into the natural world. In Walking the Isthmus the visual gaze always remains on the outside, allowing the viewer to witness seasonal changes while taking the scenic route and wondering along the fringes.