Last week, I had the privilege of attending the University of New England Arts and Sciences graduation. I travelled to Armidale, in northern New South Wales to see my sister-in-law make the successful transition from undergraduate to alumni.

Being that she was a correspondence student, she had only visited the campus virtually. So, the first time this graduate saw her university, was the day she graduated from that university.

I tried to capture the unconventional nature of her tertiary experience. Yes, she graduated as part of a larger group. But her experience of the university had been uniquely solitary. She was both a part of something, and detached from everything.

This is my photographic study of one student’s graduation.