KERRY LANE
GUNFLINT TRAIL BASED PHOTOGRAPHY
At the edge of the Boundary Waters, I capture the quiet wilds of northern Minnesota—auroras over ancient pines, weathered relics of the past, and fleeting encounters with untamed wildlife. My work is shaped by this rugged, mysterious landscape, each image a fragment of the North’s raw and enduring spirit.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
In the deep woods, survival is measured by the weight of an axe, the bite of a saw, the calloused hand that wields them. These are not just tools — they are extensions of the land itself, forged by need, tempered by time. In their scars and edges, the old stories of the Gunflint Trail are still written.
WILDLIFE
In the deep woods, across frozen silence and the heavy breath of summer, the watchers move — sharp-eyed, unseen, and stitched into the land itself.
The fox, the hunter, the wanderer — one among many who endure the seasons and the hunger that comes with them.
This collection is a glimpse into their world, where survival is the only law and beauty lives side by side with instinct and fear
SUPERNATURAL
There are moments when the wild world shifts — when the wind forgets its path, the stars smear across the sky, and the ground itself seems to breathe. This collection captures the thin places where the natural and the otherworldly meet, where time slips loose and the ordinary turns to myth.
DECAY
Nothing here lasts untouched. The forest reclaims. The seasons strip bare. Time leans heavy on every surface, pulling life back into the earth.
These photographs are a record of that slow undoing — a tribute to the beauty found not in what endures, but in what fades.
Decay is not the end here. It’s part of the story, written in rust, rot, and bone.
AURORA
Above the sleeping forests and the black lakes, the sky unravels into fire.
The northern lights move like ancient spirits — silent, untouchable, and full of forgotten voices.
This collection is a witness to the wilderness above the wilderness, where the stars burn, the colors bleed, and the night itself seems alive.
THE HOMESTEAD
Tucked between forest and water, the homestead stands — weathered by wind, tempered by fire, and anchored by hands that have shaped the land.
This collection is a record of daily life at the edge of the wild, where the work is hard, the nights are long, and every mark — every scar — tells a story.
Here, survival is not a battle but a way of living, stitched deep into the bones of this place.
THE DARK SKY
Far from city lights, this northern wilderness holds some of the last true darkness on earth. Here, night falls deep and absolute, wrapping the world in silence. In these late hours, when even the wind seems to sleep, the sky unravels into a vast, starlit wild—a place where light feels ancient and every shadow has a story.