I always lament the end of summer. As the mornings turn cool, I find myself gravitating towards images of warmth and play. Dean West's series "Around the Bend", taken in Grand Bend, Ontario, is helping me cope with the inevitability of darkness at 4pm, and minus something degree weather. It takes an Australian photographer to successfully capture Canada's landscape in a summery warmth, while simultaneously highlighting the country’s intrinsic vastness.

The isolated community often referred to as 'The Bend', grows from 2 to 50,000 in the summer months. Using a minimalist composition, Dean reduces the populated landscape to a dreamy, bleached out, summer memory.