Victoria Ugarte, Between Worlds (PORTRAIT 2022)

Taken at Clovelly Beach, this portrait series captures the spontaneity and delight of a young girl as she swims in a rockpool. Given that twice weekly tests, mask mandates and restrictions await her on her first week of school, only days away, one can’t help but see the irony in the fact that she has a greater sense of freedom underwater than on the land that she walks on.

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