PORTALS

 
Doorways and windows obsess me. Portals leading from the outside in, and the inside out. They straddle the cusp of the delineation of spaces, existing both as the internal and the external. They are gateway through which we must pass on our constant journey between the interior and exterior self. They are apertures which both hide and reveal. They sit and view the world with unseeing eyes, yet hidden behind this blankness lies secrets and stories. The photographs for this series were taken in Lebanon from 2014 to 2018. Many, although not all, were in derelict buildings. These openings have seen turmoil and conflict, watched violence unfold around them with their unblinking gaze, yet also held or hold ordinary lives lived, and memories hidden.