Steven's Favourites
[14]Handpicked for their ability to transcend the ordinary, these works invite you to witness the sublime—where nature’s vastness meets the boundless depths of imagination.

Transfusion
Colours shift, as the lagoon breathes with the changing light.
Transfusion reveals Hutt Lagoon’s fluid transformation, where colours shift and change with the light, creating a living canvas. The dynamic hues reflect the constant flux of the environment, where nature’s palette is never the same twice. This aerial photograph encapsulates the vibrant, ephemeral beauty of the lagoon, forever in motion, yet always rooted in the natural world.

Archetypal
Ancient rhythms shape the land, where water flows in timeless patterns.
The sweeping curves of Lake MacLeod’s wetlands are sculpted by the ebb and flow of seawater. Archetypal reveals the timeless interaction between water and land, where natural forces reshape the landscape. Manolakis captures the steady, enduring rhythms of the earth, where change and stability coexist.

Germinate
A tidal pool blooms, bringing new life to the land.
The delicate contours of a tidal pool on the Lacepede Islands form a perfect space for life to emerge. Water nurtures the earth in a moment of peaceful transformation, as seen in Germinate. This photograph celebrates the cycle of life, where land and water come together to create new beginnings. The pool’s gentle curves suggest a moment of renewal, where nature’s forces combine to bring forth new growth.

Lament
Cerulean tears trace the sorrowful contours of the coast.
The cerulean waters of the Lacepede Islands trace the coastline, their path reflecting the land’s sorrowful curves. Lament evokes an emotional connection to the landscape, where the fluidity of water captures the fragility of nature. Manolakis reveals the quiet strength of the land, where time and change flow in the gentle movements of the sea.

Untethered
Rivers unfurl, suspended between unity and separation.
Untethered captures the precarious nature of two tidal rivers in the Kimberley, revealed at low tide as they coil across the landscape, teetering between connection and separation. The photograph conveys a palpable tension, where the rivers seem poised to break apart or unfurl, caught in the unease of nature’s forces. Through Manolakis’ lens, this image powerfully portrays the dynamic struggle between unity and division, creating a fragile equilibrium that is always on the edge of shifting.