Out beyond the edge of the map, where sea mist dances with dune grass and silence speaks louder than words, lies Sable Island — a slender, wind-carved sanctuary adrift in the Atlantic off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Here, the wild runs free.
In sacred solitude, a band of untamed horses—known as the Sable Island ponies—roam without fences, untouched by reins, belonging only to the wind and the whispering earth beneath them.
Photographer Hanna Wigart, carrying nothing but her camera and reverence, spent six weeks on this mythical land — listening, watching, becoming part of the stillness. With special permission to enter this protected place, her lens captured not just images, but encounters.
Moments of raw beauty, quiet connection, and the fierce poetry of nature unedited.
Sable Island is more than horses.
It is home to over 350 species of birds, from the familiar cry of gulls to the rare song of the Ipswich sparrow, and even tropical wings carried here by stormwinds.
It is sky and sand, breath and feather, a world written in wind.
In 2008, the island counted no more than five people—four researchers, and one soul who simply stayed. In summer, a few more wanderers arrive: artists, seekers, scientists. But always, the island remains wild at heart.
This series is our tribute —
To freedom unbroken.
To beauty unbound.
To the horses that carry no names,
and the land that needs no introduction.
Brought to you by Love Warriors
Through the soul-seeing eyes of Hanna Wigart
From Sable Island, with love.
Let your spirit run with them.
