Private Property is a personal photographic exploration of my childhood environment, focusing on my family's houses and the enchanting garden that holds so many memories. As an adult, each visit to my childhood home has become a poignant juxtaposition of past recollections and present realities. With the impending sale of our family estate, I embarked on a photographic journey to process the separation and bid farewell to the environment that shaped my early years.
This body of work explores the soul of a place, the passage of time and the natural cycle of life. It reflects the journey from constructing these houses, living and growing a family within them, to eventually parting ways. As we distance ourselves from our childhood memories and perhaps even our younger selves, we witness the transformation of what was built—demolished, reinvented, and reborn as something new.
The houses, standing mostly unchanged for decades, serve as vital testaments to the passage of time. Like the people who inhabited them, these structures and their surroundings have aged, yet they remain vibrant memorials to the past. In contrast, the garden's remarkable ability to flourish wildly, reclaim space, and eventually fade away is a recurring theme throughout this project.
This work documents and meditates on my family's foundations, weaving together past, present, and future. It captures the tension between remembering and experiencing, the inevitability of change, and the profound beauty of life's cyclical nature.
