The Otherside
taken by Ember
For the project on liminal spaces, Ember took a picture of this archway, which leads from the corporate world of her office to the wild world of fields and woods.
Liminal spaces are places of transition, and this arch represents the transition from the world of order to the world of nature.
The arch also reminded the photographer of fairy arches, portals to the world of fae, and often best avoided.
Transition
taken by G. Francis
This photo was taken of a classroom during its transition from one school year to the next.
This period of change between the two groups of children who will work in it demonstrates the liminality of the space.
It could also be argued that the concept of liminality is ever present in educational settings as they are often seen as means to an end or goal, an ‘in between’ place before you get to where you’re going.
The Bridge
Taken by Mia Violet
I’ve always been oddly fascinated with bridges. They’re structures that exist entirely to provide a route from one place to another, through a location that would otherwise be inaccessible. We rarely think about how they’re cut into the landscape to permanently change how we view and traverse that area.
Most, like this one, are also open perpetually, they never close, they don’t have opening hours. Whether it’s the middle of the day or the dead of night, it’s there. An eternal piece of geography as perpetual and dependable as if it was part of the land itself.
The Long Road
taken by Stacy Smith
Hospital corridors are the ultimate liminal space, existing purely as a passage from one place to another yet people are left occupying them for hours at a time in their own liminal passage between sickness and health.
Like many people I have never been fully healthy so we spend our lives in the virtual hospital corridor of waiting lists and assessments, hoping to emerge from the other side one day.
The Borrowers Magic
taken by Vox Margo
Ever since I was little, it’s been a running “bit” in my family that if you can’t find something small, the borrowers have probably taken it.
I love the idea of magic, and magic that exists only in the ‘tween spaces, like a doorway, dusk, or, like in my photo, a window opening.