The Ever Lasting Now

“The Ever Lasting Now” is a documentation, which aims to capture the beauty of a slowly disappearing heritage.  While conveying the appearance of neglect, the message is one of hope, that despite the dilapidation, there is still beauty in abundance that needs care and looking after. “The Everlasting Now” seeks to provoke questions such as ‘what happened to this heritage?’ ‘Why has it been neglected for so long?’ but most importantly, ‘what can be done to preserve it?’

The project blurs the lines between documentation and narrative. While the objective is to visually preserve the Hejaz heritage at this moment in time; in its present state of decay. The project goes beyond documentation with its multilayered approach to storytelling, in attempts to paint a fuller picture with conflicting emotions of sweet sensations, nostalgia, appreciation of beauty and sentiments that are tainted by sadness, anger, and anxiety.

More than anything, this project is an attempt to raise awareness and is a call to action. This heritage is a gift as well as a responsibility.