'Pier at Holden Beach' marks an early exploration of intentional camera movement in David Day’s photographic practice. Captured the morning after Hurricane Ian swept through the North Carolina coast, the image carries the weight of recent devastation. The dissipating cloud cover lends an ethereal softness, while the blurred distortion of the pier, its structure wavering like memory, suggests the lingering impact of catastrophe. Once a place of passage and perspective, the pier has remained closed to the public since the storm, its absence echoing through the image like a quiet elegy.