Poems by Robert Adamson, Photographs by Juno Gemes – The language of Oysters
This book is a celebration. The images-words and photographs-capture the charm, the hardship, the grind and tenderness of life on the Hawkesbury River. The achivevement is remarkable, the embracing ugliness as essential to beauty.
This is a deeply reflective portrait of a river and the people who live there-free from sentimentality yet rich in affection.
As you will soon discover, juno Gemes and Robert Adamson offer us a privilege,taking us into their experience of the Hawkesbury and the lives of oyster farmers and fishing famillies, complete with everyday struggles, their world of tides, of contemplation and killing. Everything they show is shown frankly, passionately. This is a rare book, a hymn to acceptance and understanding, where even the fleeting moments may expand, opening on a gamut of meaning from the personal to the cosmic.
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