Scottish photographer and director Olly Geary reconnects along with his mom’s homeland in Limpid Blue. The undertaking was created throughout a month-long journey to San José, Costa Rica and follows Olly as he navigates its streets, lots of which bear no official names or numbers. Addresses discovered through anecdotes and instructions handed down via generations. Right here navigating the town turns into an act of translation, a system that endures even because the bodily panorama shifts and expertise advances.
Working inside this framework, Olly started every day from a well-known landmark, permitting curiosity to information his route. Progressively Olly started to type a photographic map formed by the rhythms of the town. The pictures on this collection seem interwoven with instructions shared by household throughout his keep. Collectively, these parts chart each the topography of the town and Olly’s personal familial historical past.
Olly Geary was chosen as one of many winners of our 2025 Artwork & Photograph E book Award. With assist from Bookmobile, we helped Olly flip his undertaking right into a ebook. Click on here to buy a duplicate. If you’d like the chance to publish a ebook of your individual work, you possibly can apply for our 2026 Artwork & Photograph E book Awards here. See extra from Limpid Blue in addition to our full interview with Olly beneath.
