Hotham
The ‘Hotham’ photo series is a visible contemplation of our efforts to embrace loneliness. Set against the backdrop of Hotham, one of Australia’s most famous ski resorts which is empty during the January summer, it highlights the solitude of a nation with millions of lonely people.
Here, the resort is not merely a backdrop but also a metaphor for the profound isolation that permeates the lives of modern individuals. Among them are people like us: immigrants lacking a home or close friends, running from the past, on the cusp of fractured relationships. Hotham presents a visitor with the emptiness of abandoned lodges, vacant slopes, and left-behind equipment often shrouded in thick fog. Devoid of human presence it becomes a landscape of desolation. Stepping into the dark, one relinquishes control and the sense of direction, navigating through the mist by instinct alone. Lost in this fog, one must rely on one's unconscious and endure the path until the mist clears, revealing the timeless presence of the mountains. In this place, I sought to confront my own loneliness, to capture it on film, and to come to terms with it.
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