Sharon Harper’s Walkabout photographs, Horodner writes, “depict dreamlike visions of women walking in rural areas” (15). The works consist of multiple overlapping prints, “positioned side by side to create a shifting panorama,” and use techniques like “blurred focus, overexposure, and multiple perspectives to evoke feelings of detachment, isolation, and introspective” (15). Harper’s “female protagonists appear to roam a landscape that is drenched in memory” (15). Horodner notes that the word “walkabout” refers to a cultural and spiritual practice of Australian Indigenous people, and suggests that “Harper’s figures are caught in the act of creating their own songline or following those laid down by others” (15); it’s possible, though, that the use of the term “walkabout” in this context could be considered cultural appropriation—if Harper is a Settler, that is—and I think the work would stand without that particular framing.

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As found on the Reading and Walking website.