Katrina O'Shannessy , Ms (PEOPLE 2023)

This photo was taken after a strong & powerful traditional dance during Nadioc Week by the Cherbourg Elders. Cherbourg is a little aboriginal community in the South Burnett region in Queensland. The dance was strong, thought provoking & deeply moving. This gentleman had a sense of calm & I felt he was almost at peace after the dance, so I just had to capture that look n a photograph. The dance gave me so many mixed emotions. To know how important these dances are to the aboriginal culture and how it is embraced. To see them teaching the young so it can be handed down from generation to generation is truly a beautiful thing to witness.

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