H2O-scapes by Sylvie Leblanc (b. 1959) are photographic studies of the sky and the water
created between 2009 and 2023 in La Malbaie Canada. All fifty-seven photographs were taken
from the same location and depict the various physical states of the water in and above the
Saint Lawrence River. Sometimes the landscape is entirely shrouded in fog without any visible
horizon line sometimes the outlines of islands are visible. Dramatic cloud formations
drifting ice floes or soft waves: Leblancs landscape remains the same and yet is presented in a
multitude of different ways. Her photographs transform the dynamic play of the water molecules
into a moment of stillness-and a space for dreams and contemplation.
