Transformation

This series explores the evolving landscapes of Ottawa’s former landfill sites—places once defined by waste and neglect, now reborn in a surprising diversity of forms. From fields of wildflowers to quiet cemeteries and city streets, these spaces embody the resilience of both nature and human intervention. By layering the landscapes over an image of discarded, corrugated metal, the underlying element—literally salvaged garbage—acts as a raw, tactile foundation, physically manifesting the buried history of industrial waste beneath the surface of these recovered environments.

A tree grows in the distance beyond high grasses.
The Transformation
A grassy field slopes uphill to a line of trees in the distance.
The Mound
A rusty square post with a pad lock emerges out of a grassy field.
The Post
three apartment buildings in the background with shrubby hill in the foreground
The Development
an island with an apartment building sits in the middle of the Rideau river
The Island
a misty scene of tombstones under the trees
The Cemetery