Project

Walkabout

Places where stories begin

A place does not have to look special or unusual to become the setting for a meaningful story. This series explores everyday places from my perspective as someone interested in filmmaking and telling stories through images. During the walkabout, I photographed landscapes, buildings, pathways and different areas around the environment. Instead of having one particular story in mind for every photo, I thought about what kind of scene could happen in each location. A quiet pathway could be a place where someone meets someone for the first time.

Water moving past a concrete pier, rocks at its foot — A moment of childhood, a family drama, a coming of age story.

Hamilton Commons, a brick building with an accessible parking mark in front — A mystery about the building's past, a family secret, or a character discovering an unfamiliar place.

A brick archway framing a lane with a painted mural — A romantic drama, a quiet confession, or a moment when a relationship begins to change.

Grain cars on a railway line, seen past a parked car — An opening scene about departing, or a new beginning.

A river under a grey sky, a road bridge crossing it — A moment of decision, a point of lost hope, but there is beauty in it.

Everyday space

A football field behind a black fence, a red hydrant in the grass

A stop sign and empty posts at the edge of a car park, trees behind

A car park with a few cars, a white house across the road

In these photographs I used framing, perspective, and the way buildings and nature appear together to show the different locations. In the photograph of the brick archway, the arch creates a natural frame around the pathway. This is called a frame within a frame, and it draws the viewer's attention to what is beyond the arch and makes them curious about where the pathway leads. The photographs show how ordinary places have the potential to become part of a story. When I look at these locations, there could be characters, conversations, emotions and events that take place there. To me, these are not complete stories, but possible beginnings of stories that could be told through filmmaking.