‘She opened the flap of the pack that held her tattered picture. She had made it many years ago with her first camera (a then-treasured Pentax). It had lots of bright Australian blue sky, and in the bottom right-hand corner of the frame was a white picket fence caught by winter’s afternoon sun.

Though the picture didn't show it, the fence guarded against the lure of a cliff and the long fall to rocks licked by the Pacific Ocean.

She remembered ‘seeing’ that picture before she raised the camera to her eye. That was when she knew she could translate her feelings into a reality she could show to others, even if they didn't always get it.

She chose to show a lot more sky and just a little fence. Other cameras might look over the cliff’s edge to see the drama and danger of the rocks and waves below. She preferred to look out at that blue, blue sky and, with the press of the shutter, made the photograph that helped her decide to leave and find other skies.’

Excerpt from the short story ‘Over the Fence’ inspired by this picture.

Blue Sky Fence, King Edward Park, Newcastle, Australia. #0004

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