The Pink Lake
Welcome to Hutt Lagoon
This fine art series is part of my Pink Lake project—images I had imagined long before.
In 2023, I travelled to Australia with a very specific vision in mind: to capture the surreal beauty of Hutt Lagoon, a salt lake known for its shifting pink tones. Its colour comes from a microalgae called Dunaliella salina, which produces beta-carotene and transforms the water into shades of red, bubblegum pink, and lilac depending on the light.
But what you see in these photographs didn’t come easily.
I drove over six hours from Perth to reach the lake, arriving with high expectations—and, at first, disappointment. The colours were flat, almost ordinary. Not what I had travelled for.
So I waited.
For hours, I stayed there, studying the landscape, watching how the light moved, slowly shifting the mood of the water. I began exploring from above, guiding my drone across the surface, searching for shapes, balance, and something that felt… right.
Then, for a brief moment, everything aligned.
The light, the colours, the geometry—it all came together in a way I had only imagined before. Those few minutes are where these images were born.
This collection is not just about a place, nature, but about patience, vision, and recognising the exact moment when something ordinary becomes extraordinary.
