“Between the Levee and the River” focuses on the precarious and almost entirely unseen zone between the river and the levees. This segment along the Mississippi River was once a significant hub of commerce, industrial growth and transport activity. The industrialization of the region has given way to ecologic transition. Emergence and decay find uncertain balance in this space deep in the fragile woods where nearly no one wanders I have been walking this un-visited land and returning to a particular mile-and-a-half stretch where the ecology is in continual flux. This land, trapped on the river side of the levee, reveals especially dramatic consequences of flooding. I photograph the invasive kudzu vines, remnant industrial structures, and fallen brittle trees that will become new soil that will return to the river. This project reveals damage and uncertainties in 21st-century environments, while simultaneously showing resilience and unexpected beauty in this landscape. At first encounter this place seems inhospitable and made more so because of its proximity and entanglement with its industrial and toxic histories. This is a landscape of erasures and deeply hidden histories. These are damaged woods where the remnants of infrastructure are being swallowed by the earth. Mounds of residue from coal production and stone pilings that stand like sentinels recall the area’s complex and distant past. Here too can be found the demarcations of vegetation where emergence and decay find uncertain balance. I continue to learn how to look and to observe what is not easily seen, raising questions about permanence, stability and ecological transition.