Remains to Be Seen #1 Ed. 1 of 5

Remains to Be Seen #1 is a contemplative study of place, memory, and the quiet intelligence of the landscape. Created using intentional camera movement (ICM), the image dissolves the boundary between what is seen and what is felt, allowing the viewer to enter the work through a more intuitive, embodied register.

Shot on Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Central Victoria, the work reflects the ongoing dialogue between land and time: what has endured, what has been altered, and what continues to speak if we allow ourselves to listen. Remains to Be Seen #1 invites stillness, reflection, and the possibility of reconnection with the more-than-human world.

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I am a photographic artist from the Central Goldfields of Victoria, Australia.

In 2014, I relocated from Melbourne into regional Victoria, to a rural property outside of Castlemaine. I think that living in the country has changed the way I look at and connect with the natural environment. So many of us are disconnected from nature; and we are damaging the environment at a terrifying rate. At some level, many of us are grieving all this, and through my work, I am trying to honour that grief and to create a deeper connection with the natural world around me.

From a young age, I imagined a working future in the arts, but ended up being sidelined by an international career in law and social impact. Initially working as a lawyer in top-tier firms in Australia and Hong Kong, I went on to work in the offices of State and Federal members of parliament, founded an education not-for-profit, got involved in documentary film-making and set up a social impact consulting firm.

For me, the “gift” of COVID was to make the long-overdue decision to commit to developing a full-time art practice.

I haven’t looked back.