Starting in the uncertain summer of 2020 and carrying on through the roller coaster of 2021, I regularly shouldered a large format camera and hiked into Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park. With a new normal and the constant back-and-forth of variants and rising infection waves, I needed to find a sense of peace and I suspected that I wasn’t alone. Created in the shared backyard of one of the oldest urban parks in the country, this work serves to remind us how connected we remain despite the unsettling events surrounding us. These images depict our small acts of survival in the face of dispiriting times.