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UTOPIAN BINOCULARS
From afar it is easy to buy into the idea of a place, of its branding, where the grass is greener and whatever lies amongst it goes unnoticed until further inspection is carried out much closer. It's like the difference between living somewhere and the tourist experience.
For me, Canada was seen at distance as a place of resplendent natural beauty, wild and bountiful; a very one dimensional view ignoring metropolises and peoples alike. Shortly after I arrived here in late 2020, multiple new scandals over residential schools broke across the media; so begun my awareness of the country's past. It is not like any of this is a secret of course, the country's formation can easily be looked-up online though for me it took coming here to get the utopian binoculars off my chest.
This photo series seeks material culture within settler society that may speak to viewpoints on colonization.
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![Motorbike upon ferry with the Canadian flag displayed. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.]()
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![Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. Display plaque nearby to the Bush Pilot's Monument.]()
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![Dumpster with fish painted on, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.]()
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![Reflection of boat in car parking lot. Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.]()
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![Water fountain. Pavement-grass divide. Kingston, ON, Canada.]()
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![Catholic imagery, near Kingston, ON, Canada.]()
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