twelve windows

Twelve Windows observes a season of being housebound in older age, when the home’s windows became the only connection to the outside world. Twelve fixed frames for weather, neighbours and time.

Lace net curtain across a bay window with a pink flower on the sill; suburban houses beyond.
Narrow window between drawn curtains; a single stem in a glass against a grey slate wall.
View through patterned net curtain to a parked car and terrace houses under grey sky.
Small chest of drawers with mirror and a stack of letters beside a window with net curtain.
Vase of white artificial roses on the sill; sticker birds on the glass; brick wall and fence outside.
Patterned net curtain close to the lens; rooftops.
Bathroom window with lace curtains; tiled wall and toiletries on the sill.
Interior doorway open to a lit window with net curtain; fridge magnets in shadow to the left.
Frosted glass back door beside a curtain; table with post and artificial flowers.
Kitchen sink under a window with net curtains; green check curtains and plants on the sill.
Close view of patterned frosted glass with a soft horizon beyond.
Lace curtain against evening sky with a thin line of sunset on the horizon.

The house offers twelve windows, each a small stage where the day unfolds: a neighbour pausing, the post arriving, birds crossing the same strip of sky. Photographs are made only from inside, the glass kept as a boundary, reflections, curtain lace and condensation left in the frame as signs of distance.

The work follows slow change: light moving across a wall, seasons turning, routines repeating until their patterns become visible. In place of travel and movement there is attention. Looking out, looking again, noticing what returns and what disappears.

Twelve Windows is a quiet record of isolation and connection. It asks how sight sustains us when we cannot step outside, and how a threshold can hold both separation and the nearness of the world.