Gilbert McCarragher
Photographer

Brother

A 2-part series exhibited at Gloucester Cathedral.

Produced following the death of my eldest brother, ‘Brother’ comprises two wooden lightboxes, designed to combine the interplay of light and architecture and to evoke a sense of contemplation and introspection.

The first piece in the series places you within a darkened room, looking onto a scene of a corridor leading to a bright doorway, inviting quiet reflection, as if one is standing on the threshold between the known and what lies beyond.

In its counterpart, a solitary figure is poised with a reverent stance in a sunlit room in a moment of private devotion or meditation.

The pieces are altars of sorts, not to the divine, but to the quiet moments of introspection we seldom allow ourselves in the rush of daily life.