Love is a language spoken through touch, through fleeting gestures that hold the weight of memory and meaning. In Show Me Love Series, I document these intimate exchanges at Sun Set Hill in Scarborough, WA, where couples, friends, and families gather to watch the sunset — a ritual of connection in a place imbued with shared experience. Over the course of 14 days leading up to Valentine’s Day, I have sought to capture love in its simplest and most profound forms: a kiss, a hand held tightly, the space between bodies dissolving in quiet understanding.
These photomontages transform personal moments into collective reflections, compiling individual gestures into intricate compositions that reveal the patterns of human connection. The texture of skin, the creases of time, the worn edges of jewellery—all these minute details remind us that love leaves its mark, physically and emotionally. In the layering of images, new relationships emerge between strangers, a reflection of how love is both deeply personal and universally resonant.
What draws me most to these interactions are their imperfections—the chipped nail polish, the slight hesitations, the asymmetry of bodies finding balance in one another. Love is not about perfection; it is about presence, about being seen and held exactly as we are. Each photograph, then, is both an individual narrative and part of a larger tapestry, where lovers, friends, and family members are united in a shared visual dialogue.
In the tradition of public photography, this series follows the legacy of photographers such as Robert Doisneau and Vivian Maier, who found poetry in the everyday. Doisneau’s The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville (1950) captured a spontaneous yet timeless moment of affection on the streets of Paris, a city synonymous with romance. Similarly, Maier’s candid street portraits documented the intimate and unguarded moments of strangers, turning spontaneous interactions into lasting visual records. Like these works, [Series Name] explores love in public spaces, revealing the beauty of unscripted connection and the quiet ways affection manifests in shared environments.
Show Me Love invites viewers to recognise themselves in these moments — to see their own stories of connection reflected in the hands, lips, and embraces of strangers. It is a reminder that love, in all its forms, is a fundamental human experience — one that is fleeting yet enduring, personal yet universal. Through these collages, I seek to preserve these ordinary moments, turning them into something extraordinary: a celebration of the ways we express, share, and show love.