Our Neighbour - the waters of Lake Ontario
This project will be an extension of my previous investigations into the living entity of the water in our lakes and rivers. Previously, my work has explored the northern lakes like Superior and Huron. Moving south, this project will capture the personality of lake Ontario so that viewers may come to see that lake in a transformative way. No longer is it simply a body of water that we use as a consumed resource. The photographs will delve deep into the varied colours of the water and how the lake displays its emotions and personality. The work will combine indigenous ways of knowing with those of western understanding. In this work, the goal is to create a unified experience of our environment that allows all perspectives to enrich our lives. I visited the shores of Lake Ontario around the new development and captured a variety of images of the lake. I visited various sites on several different occasions to capture the lake and capture the lake's emotions it wished to share. Each lake has its own way of communicating and sharing. Colours, waves, the underwater environment will definitely be different than previous lakes photographed.
