Going Home Is Saying Goodbye


This is an ongoing project about my mother’s family and the village they live in. With family and friends spread across Australia and Indonesia, wherever I am there’s a place where I’m not. I know that each time I go to Talikuran, the people I love will be different and so will I. Since childhood, documenting my life and keeping mementos has been a way for me to deal with the sadness of knowing that things change and the fear of losing what I love. I feel a sense of nostalgia even in the present, cherishing and mourning are intertwined. I take these photos knowing that I’ll look back on them one day and they’ll be bittersweet.











Going Home Is Saying Goodbye

This is an ongoing project about my mother’s family and the village they live in. With family and friends spread across Australia and Indonesia, wherever I am there’s a place where I’m not. I know that each time I go to Talikuran, the people I love will be different and so will I. Since childhood, documenting my life and keeping mementos has been a way for me to deal with the sadness of knowing that things change and the fear of losing what I love. I feel a sense of nostalgia even in the present, cherishing and mourning are intertwined. I take these photos knowing that I’ll look back on them one day and they’ll be bittersweet.