A great start to the day landing LensCulture front page with a spotlight of my new series “The Seven Circuits of a Pearl” that I have been working on throughout the last year, and I’m finally able to share with you. It means a lot to me to uncover this personal narrative and share the journey of its discovery through my words and images.
As Joanna L. Cresswell puts it in her beautiful writing: “The Seven Circuits of a Pearl—an epic photographic and mixed media odyssey that weaves us through not only the artist’s own family history, but also across the history of the early Australian pearling industry too. But what exactly is the story, or stories, here? And what do pearls and pirates, shipwrecks and seafarers have to do with this secret pocket of Sakellaraki’s father’s life? Well, as with all great stories, we should begin at the very beginning.”
Big thanks to Joanna for the attention and beautiful exchange for putting this piece together. Read more here