Glimmer (2022 - ongoing)

Digital photographic images using letters, found objects, food items, mirrors etc.

This photographic series explores sensations of belonging. Especially that of migrants and third-culture people. It aims to represent how it feels to uproot oneself, move, and try to become part of another landscape and culture.

This body of work utilises found items, letters from migrants, food, and other relevant artefacts. These add the element of surprise, or random chance, as well as a way to chart cultural and social evolution.

The items are placed in the landscape for a period of time and exposed to the elements. Then they are photographed in-situ using mirrors to play with space and to bring in other parts of the surrounding landscape.

The title comes from the phrase: a glimmer of hope. Something which all migrants and third-culture people (myself included) are familiar with through their journeys and the lives they seek to make.

Photograph of wild plants and blue sky partly obscured by a blob of honey.


Glimmer #17. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants reflected in a mirror with a spillage of fruit juice.

Glimmer #4. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants reflected in a mirror with a drawing of an aeroplane resting on it.

Glimmer #2. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants reflected in a mirror with a child's toy resting on it.

Glimmer #7. June 2022.

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Photograph of pills in honey trickling down a mirrored surface with blue sky reflected in the mirror.

Glimmer #8. June 2022.

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Photograph of a mirrored surface with a feather and a personal handwritten note on it.

Glimmer #1. June 2022.

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Abstract photograph of wild plants with an orange square appearing from the top of the image.

Glimmer #3a. June 2022.

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Abstract photograph of wild plants reflected and blurred in a mirror.

Glimmer #3b. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants reflected in a mirror with fruit juices trickling down it.

Glimmer #5. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants and blue sky with a piece of bark in part of the image.

Glimmer #1. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants reflected in a mirror with fruit juices trickling down it.

Glimmer #9. June 2022.

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Photograph of blue sky reflected in a mirror with fruit juices trickling down it

Glimmer #11. May 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants and blue sky with a piece of bark obscuring part of the image.

Glimmer #12. June 2022.

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Photograph of wild plants and a cloudy sky partly obscured by water drops with a piece of shell obscuring part of the image.

Glimmer #6. June 2022.

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