The Unknown Swimmer
A yearning, profound, unspoken
To return to our place of origin
Back to the womb-wet, womb-dark
Womb-silence
Or some deep ancestral longing
For homecoming
To be subsumed
In the arms of the life-mother
In the rise and fall of tides
In the half-life of a breath
In the green secret places in the water
In the cadence of a phrase
So deeply held
So sacred
So perfect
(written by the unknown swimmer)
The Japanese word Ikigai describes Jason Reekie’s connection to photography. The finding of joy in life through purpose. Every new project becomes the purpose, beginning a fresh search for meaning by interpreting mine and others ideas, and turning them into images.
Sharon Eilon captures the everyday rhythms of Myanmar’s Buddhist monastic community, in robes, ritual, and quiet devotion.
Michael Wriston’s street portraiture is all about asking strangers to stop, be seen, and briefly belong to each other’s day.
Alan Gignoux’s project exploring how the asylum process leaves people visible yet unseen, eroding identity through years of uncertainty and exclusion.
