Encounters

Encounters is Hutchinson’s new project that situates itself in Victorian High Plains. Like many mountain ranges, the region entices curiosity and adventure, a land where seasonal trends work in conjunction with seasonal activities, and the cycle, until recently, remained uninterrupted.

His approach began with photographic investigations, a land previously observed from a close distance and one he assumed knowledge of. In the early phases of this project, his trajectory quickly changed; in fieldwork, reading the environment through a Eurocentric seasonal calendar proved ineffective, and the encounters with the macro and micro environment exposed a new unseen landscape.