A digital landscape photographic project, Blink, explores the visual and physical differences on a regional commute on the V/Line train lines, documenting that of which we often ignore - the spaces in-between. Over 12 weeks, the project evolved into a personal study of the commute, the routine, the experience, of seeing something different every week. Lacking any time to rarely stop to see the landscapes, the images reflect the fleeting moments that pass in an instant and with it commenting on a lack of recognition by any and most commuters.

Shot using both a DSLR and a mobile phone, the project embraces the spontaneity of movement and imperfection that can be discovered through the simple glance outside of a window. From fog-covered mornings, sunlit fields, and gloomy evenings - no two journeys were exactly the same. Influenced by the works of Stephen Shore and Robert Adams, Blink draws on vernacular subject matter to really emphasise that this is a commute and it is what people see everyday.

Spanning from farmland, housing, infrastructure, and open valleys, the project confines the photographer and viewer to a seat that looks out windows - framing the landscapes to be a reminder of the forgotten beauty, abstract and intrigue in the ordinary, and serving as a comment to everyone from fellow commuters, to regional residents, to put down your phone, look out the window once in a while, and find that there is more to the journey than just the destination - otherwise you might just blink and you’ll miss it.