The unusual landforms of Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi resulted from the dynamic interaction of geology, climate and time. The sedimentary rocks exposed in the Milk River valley were formed 85 million years ago at the edge of a great inland sea.  Huge volumes of meltwater began eroding the soft sandstone after the last ice age.  This is how the coulees and hoodoos you see today were formed.  The unique habitat created is suitable to many diverse species not typically found in surrounding areas. Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi is located in the heart of Traditional Blackfoot Territory, along the Milk River Valley in Southern Alberta, Canada.

Grasslands National Park represents the Prairies natural region, protecting one of the few remaining areas of dry mixed-grass and short-grass prairie in Canada. The park is located in southern Saskatchewan. The landscape is unique and the climate is semi-arid.

Here, we are definitely in the Grasslands and it is once again sublime. Less hilly, more yellow, the western block is known to be the land of bison! I don’t know about you but before making this trip, we didn’t imagine for a single second the presence of bison in Canada. I naively thought that there were only some on the other side of the border, in the United States!

The inspiration for this photographic project comes from the German photographer Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932) who, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, documented specific botanical species for other artists or botanists.

Unlike Karl Blossfeldt, this is not intended to be a botanical study, nor a documentary with Latin names of plants, these are studies of shapes, contrasts and textures of the plants present in our flowerbeds. All the shots were taken in our garden in natural light, in order to give them the most adequate and warm context possible.

In chronological order, made between autumn 2023 and spring 2024, each in square format in order to centralize the viewer's eye.