The Subject at Hand
Melbourne, New York City and Phnom Penh
A photographic study of hands that emerge from the background of street scenes and become the subject through repetition, attention and sequencing.
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These galleries feature photos from my archive that were made in Australia. The images engage with themes of cultural identity, social dynamics, natural and urban environments, and explore the relationship between individuals and their surroundings.
1. Australia-focused studies
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Melbourne, Again
An ongoing street study of Melbourne, photographed during yearly returns to home after moving to New York City.
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The Notebook
The Notebook observes people writing in public and the private interior held by the page, where memory, unfinished thought and absence meet.
2. Multi-location studies featuring Australia
Oral Fixation
A photographic study of people of all ages touching their mouths, tracing a small, often unconscious gesture repeated across public life.
Pairs: Repetition and Différance
Los Angeles, Melbourne and New York City
A photographic sequence exploring how repetition, relation and différance produce meaning between images.
The Father
Melbourne, New York City and Tokyo
A photographic study of how fatherhood becomes visible in public through carrying, protection, resemblance, discipline and control.
The Lover
Kyoto, Melbourne, New York City and Sydney
Love, desire, romance, and vulnerability flowing through the city.
Earworm
Exploring intimacy through ear-touching and whispering.
Nailshop
Melbourne, New York City, Phnom Penh and Sydney
Fingernails as bodily edges where grooming, self-fashioning and social judgment meet.
Hair
Melbourne, New York City, Phnom Penh and Tokyo
Hair explored as a site where personal identity intersects with public space.
Believe Me
Los Angeles, Melbourne and New York City
A photographic study of certainty as public performance, where faith, fraud and persuasion compete for another person’s attention.
Oral Intervention
Fleeting, intimate gestures of touching mouths in public spaces.
Intimate Intervention
Gestures of touch transforming shared environments into sites of intimacy.
A Lungful of Air
Melbourne, New York City and Sydney
How substances shape the atmosphere of the city and the psyche of its inhabitants
Floral Footpath
Kyoto, Melbourne and New York City
Flowers as cultural messengers and moving gestures through the city.
Psychic City
The eye as a conduit between perception and the city.