Traditionally, in Tibetan Buddhism, the bardo describes the space between life and death, the non-place that one traverses between lives. Nothing is solid, there is no center, and the deceased do not exist; instead, we are in an infinite circuit from a timeless beginning to a timeless end. The bardo is not a place, it is what exists. The images in the project were captured with analog cameras, and the material is manually developed, leaving a sensation of time outside of time through color and texture. They are found scenes, portraits, and landscapes in a state of journey, where each photograph can represent a possible life. I am what I see, and although the location is unknown, the sense of being in transit is perceived. It is a work that will likely evoke questions without providing answers.

Author: Lucila Heinberg