Old Slys Lock, Rideau River, Smiths Falls, Ontario. Snow-covered lockstation steps photographed during the transition between Act II and Act III of The Straight Way Lost.
From The Straight Way Lost, a long-form photographic sequence exploring psychological landscape, disorientation, and transition along the Rideau Canal corridor in Eastern Ontario. Positioned at the threshold between Act II and Act III, this image functions as a liminal passage within the sequence, using the ascending geometry of snow-covered steps to suggest movement toward provisional clarity after an extended period of uncertainty and fragmentation.
Scott Murphy – Photographer 