Veronica on Country
Dolor Milford
- Sitter: Veronica Close
- Medium: Photograph
- Dimensions: 68cm x 61cm
- Representation: This artist represents themselves
About the artwork
Over the past five years, Dolor Milford has sat with and listened to a number of Indigenous women, creating space for their stories to be heard.
In this image, taken on Milford’s mobile phone, Mununjali-Yuggara woman Veronica Close-Sandy sits on Country in a park by a creek in Alderley, Brisbane. With her arms wrapped around her knees and a solemn gaze, she appears deep in thought. Sitting beneath the trees, her feet sink into the carpet of leaves, connecting her physically and spiritually to the land.
“This photograph captures her sadness and her personal need to be connected to Country to enable healing… being in a local park and watching the trees and the local creek flow by is so important to her as a method of coming to terms with and processing the intergenerational trauma that has scarred her life and continues to scar her life.”
About the artist
Dolor Milford is a self-taught emerging Brisbane based photographer with a passion for storytelling through images. Fascinated by the way a single frame can capture emotion, memory and truth, she is drawn to spontaneous moments that speak to deeper narratives. Milford’s work reveals a strong instinct for composition, connection and the power of everyday stories.
