The Pasayten Wilderness lies in the far northeast corner of Washington State, where the North Cascades give way to dry, open ridgelines and vast alpine meadows. I spent a week here in September 2023, mostly alone, walking the high country between Horseshoe Basin and the Canadian border.

What struck me most was the scale of the silence. At elevation, with no trees to break the wind, the landscape feels both exposed and intimate. Light moves quickly across the open terrain, and the mood of a place can shift entirely in minutes. These images come from that week of walking and waiting, trying to stay present long enough for something to reveal itself.

This way of working is something I explore further in Adjacent Worlds, an essay on the perceptual state that makes this kind of seeing possible.