The Armchair in the Wild Ed. 1 of 12

An armchair, sun-bleached and weather-worn, sits in the wetlands like a ghost of domestic life left behind. Its torn fabric curls like bark, blending into the scrub and grasses as though nature is slowly reclaiming it. This image was not staged—someone once placed this chair here, deep in the wild.

Who sat here surrounded by birdsong and the hum of insects? Was this a makeshift throne for solitude, a retreat for someone who found peace in the marshes, or simply a discarded relic that became a sanctuary of its own? The mystery clings to the photograph as much as the textures of decay and light.

Shot in Canberra’s wetlands, the work balances between documentation and dreamscape, pulling the viewer into a story that remains forever unfinished. A study in impermanence, resilience, and the human urge to leave traces of ourselves even in untamed places.

310 GSM Fine Art Print, Archive quality ink and paper
Limited edition print:
S 42.0 x 59.4 cm Edition of 12 +1AP $400

M 59.4 x 84.1 cm Edition of 6 +1AP $700

L 84.1 x 118.8 cm Edition of 6 +1AP $1100

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Michael David is a Canberra-based photographer whose practice began with street photography, an art of noticing the fleeting and unrepeatable. That early discipline has since spread into landscapes, portraiture, and fine art, where his focus lies less in documentation than in distillation.

Obsessive about process, Michael approaches each image with intent—from scouting locations and studying light, through to producing his own prints. For him, the print itself is the linchpin of focus—it is where the photograph becomes a tangible object, carrying with it not just an image, but the weight of time, atmosphere, and memory.

Across subjects, his images aim to hold the tension between stillness and movement, intimacy and vastness. They are less about recording what was seen, and more about evoking what was felt in the moment of capture.