Seen through my own eyes.
Lullaby
A squid emerged from the darkness — drawn to the torch light. It came to the hand and stayed. Tentacles against skin. Two worlds, briefly in the same place.
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Bubble Lion
The trail of bubbles leads upward. Air below, water above — or the other way around, depending on where you're standing. I waited for the moment it would turn back toward the surface.
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Split Fin
Above the surface is one world. Below it is another. These animals move between both without hesitation. The light from above bent as it passed through.
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Cross
Jellyfish have no brain, no heart, no bones. They absorb oxygen directly from the water. They have existed on this arrangement for longer than we can imagine. I waited for the light to pass through them.
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Lost Dragon
Cold water. A timber pier above. A weedy sea dragon, motionless in the current — its ribbon fin barely visible. Masters of camouflage. Present, invisible, unhurried. I approached slowly. It held its position.
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Unseen — Shot 02
A section of tyre, reclaimed. Under UV light at 330 nanometres, materials and organisms that absorb the light re-emit it at longer, visible wavelengths. The colours were already there. The light reveals them. Found in the intertidal zone at San Remo, Victoria — reclaimed, inhabited, colonised. Made in a 30-minute tidal window, on a single breath, with available light only.
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