R-Coo Tran

By R-Coo Tran | 06 Dec 11
R-Coo Tran is a Melbourne based student and photographer. She kindly agreed to volunteer her time to produce a “housing” themed photographic series exclusively for Right Now. Her work examines how a small area of space within a person’s home can reveal a great deal about their character and socio-economic circumstances.

Tran writes about her work:

Initially I wanted to focus on the disparities between the aesthetics of different houses in Melbourne – namely of those in the high socio-economic areas compared to those in the lower socio-economic areas. But this idea quickly became old.

Instead, I decided to approach this theme in a more creative manner

I choose to photograph windows as they are a common object you will find in every kind of housing. My interest in them is not only in the aesthetics – it also has to do with what they represent symbolically. I found that from a windowsill and it’s view you get a sense of where the house is and the situation of the people living there, as well as the type of person.

I am a final year student at Monash University. I am completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Geography and Environmental Science and minoring in Photomedia. My works in the past have focused predominately on the economic and social circumstances often faced by people living in Melbourne’s outer Western and Eastern suburbs.

roof through house window

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Urban window

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Light coming through curtain window

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forest seen through windows

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house window near kitchen sink

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barred house window

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surban house, swings outside

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