What the River Carried Home

Operating within the physical constraints of analog film, a mountain river cuts through a landscape rendered in unreal, high-contrast shades of pink and violet. This bold chromatic shift draws on infrared photography traditions, destabilizing the familiar pastoral scene to frame the environment as a psychological geography. Boulders and moving water serve as physical anchors of enduring and eroding forms. Connecting these different parts of the landscape, the water establishes a visual metaphor for memory, return, and the continuing emotional pull of place.