The Crimson Thread investigates the ubiquitous presence of Australia’s British heritage to better understand the impacts of colonisation and white privilege on contemporary Australian society. The title is taken from a quote by Henry Parkes, a British-born, Australian colonial politician who described Australia’s connection to the British Motherland as “the crimson thread of kinship, which defined Australia as a bastion of ‘whiteness’ in the Asian region.”

The work was created by retracing parts of the Royal Tour of Australia made by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Utilising this culturally significant event as a lens to document what the contemporary settler society of Australia looks like today, its ongoing connection to the British monarchy and to highlight how the continual honouring of colonial history generates and sustains white privilege. 

Exhibitions:
Le Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (solo)
Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy

Book Exhibitions:
Speculative Horizons, Kuwait City
FORMAT23 Festival, Derby, UK

Awards:
Australian & New Zealand Photobook Awards, 2024, finalist
C/O Berlin Talent Award 2023, nominee
PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant 2022, honourable mention
Solo Show at PhMuseum Lab, nominee
Photolucida Critical Mass 2022, finalist
Residency at Landskrona Foto Festival 2022, nominee

Publications:
The Royal Photographic Society Journal, UK
Photo Collective Magazine, Australia

Online features:
PhMuseum, Photoworks UK

Workshops:
Magnum x Photo 2022 PHOTO Lab, participant