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 present photographs from my archive that were captured in Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, in Australia. The images engage with themes of cultural identity, social dynamics, urban environments, and explore the relationship between individuals and their surroundings.
1. Melbourne-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 Melbourne
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
Melbourne, New York City, and Tokyo
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
Melbourne, New York City, and Sydney
Love, desire, romance, and vulnerability flowing through the city.
Nailshop
Melbourne, New York City, Phnom Penh, Sydney, and Tokyo
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.
Act Your Age
Melbourne, New York City, and Tokyo
When age stops looking the way we expect, the photograph catches us deciding what the difference means.
Believe Me
A photographic study of certainty as public performance, where faith, fraud and persuasion compete for another person’s attention.
Oral Intervention
Melbourne, New York City, and Phnom Penh
Fleeting, intimate gestures of touching mouths in public spaces.
Intimate Intervention
Gestures of touch transforming shared environments into sites of intimacy.
Floral Footpath
Kyoto, Melbourne, and New York City
Flowers as cultural messengers and moving gestures through the city.
Eye Contact
Melbourne, New York City, Phnom Penh, and Sydney
Exploring the balance of trust, power, and vulnerability in human eye interactions.