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Drift 455

Twice every 24 hours, ice movement reverses, following the semi-diurnal tides in the St. Lawrence estuary in Quebec.

This movement is non-linear because each mass of ice opposes its shape and weight against the neighbouring block. These multiaxis movements make up a kind of slow ballet in two dimensions.

CatabatiC

« The best camera is the one you have with you. »

Chris Jarvis

That morning, I had only an iPhone and nothing else. I chose a branch that fell in front of the stage to stabilize myself and I focused on the action.

The catabatic winds are part of the gradual transformation of the environment. By carving up the terrain, eroding mountains or transporting sand and dust particles over long distances, they contribute to natural cycles of landscape transformation. This continuous movement, although often imperceptible in the short term, acts as an agent of slow but constant change, echoing phenomena such as erosion, tides or natural aging of materials.

Les « Tablelands , Parc national Gros-Morne, Terre-Neuve.

PAO erosion

With global warming, rising sea levels are a growing threat to the shores of the Northern Coast of the St. Lawrence. The increased frequency of severe storms, combined with higher tides, accelerates the erosion process. These storms can tear off large portions of soil and coastal vegetation in a very short time, undermining already vulnerable areas.

I see you

The repetitive nature of forms

In aerial photography, when looking at landscapes from above—whether it’s rivers, mountains, rock formations or eroded coasts—you can see shapes that look like those found in very small systems. such as veins in a leaf, ice crystals or even cellular structures. For example, river systems may resemble blood capillary networks or neural ramifications.

This phenomenon, which links the infinitely great with the infinitely small, sheds light on how nature creates structures according to self-organization and symmetry principles that are repeated at different scales.

Erosive table

The phenomenon of “wells” dug by erosion on the banks of the Îles de la Madeleine is a striking example of how erosion can shape natural forms in coastal landscapes. This type of erosion is particularly active in environments where the geological composition is relatively soft, as is the case with the Magdalen Islands, which are mainly made of red sandstone, a friable and easily eroded material.