Seeing Things Differently

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Worldwide | Thursday, September 16, 2010 | 5 photos

I am american born and raised by global influence via US Military and independent world travel to include 33% of our globe.

I am interested in sharing portraits and studies pertaining to the ability that the aboriginal people of Australia, namely the Djabugay people, (aka Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) possess in maintaining and managing their places.

The areas that I bring to the readers attention are important because these areas are literally "home" to many. It’s where people sleep and drive three hours from in order to access communication technology and landscaped areas. To me, this place is an individual country. (The country of Tjapukai) It is located at the northern boundaries, inside of Australia. To you, it may be the "Northern Territories Rain Forest".

This is a physical land in which the heart is attached that makes it a place. Many call the area place “our country”. While passing through town you may be wished a safe journey through the county. The land-mass may have changed but the beliefs, the laws, and the relationship with the land is unchanged. While life on the land has been compromised, and the pretense of change is noted, the bond between hearts and home-lands is still a merger.

The people and the land are one in an ecological existence with one law and one other law that is forced upon them. (British Law) The people are affected by the foreign law but the land survives it and continues to rejuvenate through the strong wills of the residents.

Two pictures (culture law and British Crown Law signs) are signs that signify how the hierarchies make their visions of this place known. Other pictures are simple testimony used to affect the readers language and perception.

Is it a Rain forest, a home, -Or- some other “Place”?

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