Bryan Locke combines oral history and large-format staged photography to interrogate the performance of self. The artist constructs narrative tableaux and landscapes informed by extended interviews and emotional arcs. His practice examines the intersection of memory and environment, exploring how identity is verbally articulated, visually interpreted and performed within the bayous of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. Salted Hands spotlights people working with and against nature. The series focuses on commercial fishing communities and how traditional masculine identities are constructed in environments shaped by risk and manual labour.