The Straight Way Lost, Act I, Image 1

Opening image from Act I of The Straight Way Lost, photographed at Davis Lockstation on the Rideau Canal using intentional camera movement during exposure. The gesture-based motion destabilizes the landscape, transforming the canal edge and winter trees into soft tonal traces hovering between recognition and abstraction.
As the first image in the sequence, the work introduces the project’s movement away from fixed orientation and toward a more psychological and experiential landscape. The blurred forms suggest uncertainty, memory, and perceptual drift, establishing the visual language of dislocation that shapes the project’s opening act.