A body of work that sits between observation and influence.
What is Real is a photography project that moves through lived moments that feel both familiar and surreal, with no clear line between what is staged and what is encountered. The series spans from 2011 to 2017 while living in Auckland City, moving between constructed images and quiet, everyday fragments. Published in 2026.
The work was not made with a defined intention or outcome in mind, but emerged through photographing daily life over that period.
Across the images, there is no fixed position—only a constant shift between performance and something more lived, more ordinary, and harder to define.
It reflects a turbulent period post-earthquake and pre-mental fracture—a time of losing myself to the relentless pursuit of success, both online and off.
The result was a simple question: what is real?
