Scottish photographer and director Olly Geary reconnects together with his mom’s homeland in Limpid Blue. The mission was created throughout a month-long journey to San José, Costa Rica and follows Olly as he navigates its streets, lots of which bear no official names or numbers. Addresses discovered through anecdotes and instructions handed down by way of generations. Right here navigating the town turns into an act of translation, a system that endures even because the bodily panorama shifts and expertise advances.
Working inside this framework, Olly started every day from a well-recognized landmark, permitting curiosity to information his route. Steadily Olly started to kind a photographic map formed by the rhythms of the town. The images on this sequence seem interwoven with instructions shared by household throughout his keep. Collectively, these parts chart each the topography of the town and Olly’s personal familial historical past.
Olly Geary was chosen as one of many winners of our 2025 Artwork & Picture Guide Award. With assist from Bookmobile, we helped Olly flip his mission right into a e-book. Click on right here to buy a replica. If you would like the chance to publish a e-book of your personal work, you’ll be able to apply for our 2026 Artwork & Picture Guide Awards right here. See extra from Limpid Blue in addition to our full interview with Olly beneath.
