Kieran Brownie can be found in the mountains or the forest, but resides at tideline in the shadow of the Chief, St’a7mes Smanit. His images emerge from a deep familiarity with place, an alertness earned through years on the land. Born in the area known as the Salish Sea, beneath the Coast Mountains, Kieran’s work traverses the watershed he lives in, from moving through the mountains with elite athletes, to witnessing the communal efforts that have brought ecological and cultural recovery to the waters of At’lka7tsem / Howe Sound. Kieran takes great care to look beyond the myth of British Columbia, a land of superlatives, to reveal the small moments that have a big presence in shaping our understanding of place.