undertow

i reach for you

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My reflection day- peace.

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The eggs I collect

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Eggs I collected, thimbleberry flower. Moss.

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Chestnut flowers on a rug at Yasodhara Ashram

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57 rolls of shredded film- project complete. I no longer believe in the meticulous personal archive I was building. I believe in growth and transformation. I'm selling my cameras and moving on. I'm taking up knitting, spinning and juggling. I'll be leaving Toronto :)

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I've started a new project. I'm going to be saying goodbye to the forest where I created most of my project Land Loved in a few months. I'm going to create a fire space, where people can come together to connect. With every piece I create I'll be saying goodbye. This safe space has been a refuge and home to me for a year. In a year I've witnessed an incredible transformation in the forest and myself. In all seasons I was held and supported. It's my favourite place in Toronto.

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me and the fig tree in korcula

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I've decided to hibernate with my project for a little while by myself. So as of today I've taken down the images and will not be posting updates. It's been three seasons of photographing, one more to go. I'm grateful for the support my tumblr community has shown me :) My email is [email protected] if anyone has any questions.

xo

Vanessa Lorraine Phillips 

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I've been gone creating for a month :) but now I'm back.

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Yes yes yes

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Getting into trouble- images from shoot coming soon ;)

question: what do you do with your menstrual blood?

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last june with emma

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picnic with the Geese who agreed to pose for my project :)

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spring crown

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dusk