
Whispers on the Ice
The ice stretches out forever, meeting the sky in a blur of white and blue.
The ice stretches out forever, meeting the sky in a blur of white and blue.
Sun and ice. We stand here, on the edge of forever. Where does the light lead us?
Rubber and frost meet, right here. Where have we been? Where are we going? That horizon…
Oil heats our homes, but it also represents a cycle that’s melting the ground beneath us.
Ice rises like fingers sculpted in a moment of thaw—sharp, delicate, reaching toward the low sun. In this blur of focus, what is foreground and what is memory? A crystallized tension sits between presence and erosion, the dirt and grains trapped inside as witness. Nothing here is still, though everything looks like it might be.
My photography is a reflection of the world I see, the world I’m growing up in, as an Inuit youth who grew up in Nunavut.
Tunnganarniq, an Inuit traditional value promotes openness, being welcoming, and inclusive.
It is important that communities have the tools and skills to tell their own stories so that they have the power to construct and communicate their own identity. Arviat Film Society (AFS) has aimed to do this. It was a small, non-profit, youth and community-driven film society.
This summer I am home in Nunavut with my family and having fun with my friends. I’ve been going out to take some pictures about what life is like and where we go to have fun. Here are some of my pictures that show different parts of my summer holiday.