Rachel Marsden - an Australian photographic artist

Over the course of a weekend I set up and documented the falling and rising and falling again of a field of balloons in what was once my father's vegetable garden.

In this work the balloons signify us, the human race, and our struggles and successes against outside pressures.

Through elements such as a silent fog, morning dew, or the darkness of night the mood is set for a story of the constancy of nature with its times for movement, energy, peace and stillness. When presented as triptychs the images suggest an acceptance of the cyclical and impermanent nature of life.

More information on this series can be found here.

 

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