You don’t need to go to an Art School to be an artist. This photograph is over 20 years old and yet still says as much today as the day I shot it.
I didn’t carve the I heart U into the moss on the rock on the beach at Wollongong on the NSW coast. Someone else unknown to me did that. As I walked by, I don’t know how much later, I saw it and photographed it. Years later I wrote a poem for someone and paired the two together in my collection The Bard from Ballarat Volume Two.
With February being the month of love it felt a good time to share this one with you. If you don’t currently have a valentine don’t allow that to stop you sharing love with others, as the mystery person who carved the I heart u into the mossy rock has now done via my photograph, with people around the world.
Neville Hiatt is currently shooting his 2023 Four Seasons Collection. To experience more of his work visit https://nevillehiatt.com/