The prompt was a call for submission (So Fi Zine Issue 10) - new sociological fiction poetry and art - no set theme.

The created work is a single photograph.

With the same focus as the associated text (arrogant ghost). A statement on the often false narratives and conclusions portrait and street photography captures and communicates by way of the skill in framing and the assumptions, biases and ultimate aims of the photographer.

In my work and teaching I use photography, graphic design, printmaking, art and arts-based methods to communicate without language. Without the constraint caused by its abstraction and subsequent reduction. To go beyond the ‘deception of symbols‘ (Watts, 1972). And show others a concrete reality for which I have – and there are – no words.

In doing so I open up - and free up - the thinking of viewers, readers and students. I give them new ways to link their thinking and to also push that thinking further. I also use these types of methods to break down the substantial barriers created for students who are using English as a second language. So they don’t lose heart when they cannot find the words.

The work was reviewed and accepted by So Fi Zine’s founder / editor Ashleigh Watson (UNSW) on 12th November 2021 and was published on 23rd February 2022.

So Fi Zine is an indie publication for sociological fiction, poetry, and visual art with eleven editions published so far - the 12th (which I also have work accepted) is currently - at the time of writing - being produced and will be published before the end of 2022.

So Fi Zine’s website receives around 4.5K views every 6 months.