The individuals were approached on the streets of Naarm/Melbourne without prior organisation and asked if they would like to participate in the project. They were asked to close their eyes for the image. In agreeing to participate they agreed to become vulnerable to a stranger, putting trust in someone they had never met, and would likely never meet again. Each portrait was made using flash strong enough to override the surrounding light, visually lifting the person out of their environment.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work; the Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin nation. we pay respects to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
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