Says Lilli Waters of this work: “This photograph was taken in the Tidal River on Yiruk Wamoon, the land of the Boonwurrung, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai people. The river runs into the bay, swells with the tide, and has a fascinating range of colours, purple-yellow and emerald. On this day the rising tide created a singularly enchanting sandy whirlpool I’d never seen here before. The water glistened in the morning sun, sparkling on the woman’s skins and jewelled fabric.

“Simultaneously troubling and foreboding, the divine figure is draped in an embellished beaded fabric that clings to her torso, symbolising both strength and beauty, softness, and fragility of the female. Glistening under the golden sun she is bold and unafraid. Her body symbolises untethered femininity, empowered, powerful and dangerous, and unites with the owing, watery chaos surrounding her, accepting her in the enveloping dark and murky depths in a magical embrace.”