The Colonial Post

This work has come from the photo shoot I did a few weeks ago and is evolving.
I am interested in the idea of the Colonial Post to which we are still tied. Does the blank space in these images provide room for the viewer to insert themselves in the scene and look around. I noticed when I was working on these pictures that every time I covered up the key part of the image the effect improved. I heard Richard Flanagan interviewed at the Ubud Writers Festival (congratulations to him for winning the Man Booker) and he spoke of his belief that as soon as a work tells the audience what to think it is ruined. I liked what he said and have to work to keep my arrogance in check in order to follow his lead.