Memories S3 Wrapped in Plastic #01 Puddle

Series 3 - Wrapped in plastic 2018

The third series of Memories turns to the act of preservation itself. Objects are wrapped in plastic — placed under a dustcover, like the forgotten rooms of an abandoned stately home, waiting to be rediscovered. When we finally lift the cover, everything comes flooding back: not just the object, but the smell, the feeling, the weight of the moment it belongs to. Still recognisable, yet separated from us by a translucent barrier, the wrapping both preserves and obscures — much like the way memory protects certain moments while simultaneously softening their edges, leaving us reaching for something we can almost but not quite touch.

Michael Miller's practice centres on the abstraction of reality - using a hybrid of photographic techniques across multiple disciplines to create an emotional connection with the viewer. His work inhabits a realm of deliberate ambiguity, where he believes an intangible beauty resides: visually poetic, artful rather than merely documentary.

Michael has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, the Head On Portrait Prize, the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize at the NSW State Library, and at the BBA Gallery Berlin. He was voted Australia's Top Emerging Art Photographer by Capture Magazine in 2018, and has been recognised with awards from the IPA, PX3, and D&AD, among others.