"She stepped out of the world and into the black. She sat there, in the emptiness. Nothing remained, not even the wind had crossed over with her. There was just darkness - and some of herself - whatever that was. The void was most of her, as the nothingness took over her body, wherever that was. Not many of her thoughts remained, nor memories or plans. Time itself didn't exist there, in the most nothing of places. And when she was the most absolute form of alone and little of her remained connected to the earth or anything in it, through the black, her Messenger came..."
The 'Messengers' series is a triptych on the topic of depression. 'Through the Black' shows a character in a dark place, presented with a choice - acknowledge her 'Messenger' and turn from the darkness ('Rouse'), or stay in it ('Recluse'). The moth represents this 'Messenger' - being creatures that seek the light, I use them as symbols of hope in my work. In this series, they represent that one thought - perhaps of a loved one, an experience not yet had, or whatever it might be - that brings us back to life.
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Leigh Schneider is a Conceptual Fine Art Photographer. Born in 1986, she grew up between a small town in farmland Waikato, New Zealand and remote desert in the Outback of Queensland, Australia.
Leigh began self-teaching in Fine Art Photography in 2017 and has worked commercially as a Fine Art Photographer and Art Director.
In 2019, her image 'Grace' won first place in the international 'Infinite Color Competition.' Her work has appeared in print magazines locally and internationally. She is published on Vogue Italia’s ‘Photovogue’ platform and has been shared online by Canon New Zealand and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
While her images may appear dark upon first observation, they hold light and hopeful messaging at their core. She uses her work to ignite vision for transformation and growth—for a future beyond the shadows of current circumstance.
Leigh began self-teaching in Fine Art Photography in 2017 and has worked commercially as a Fine Art Photographer and Art Director.
In 2019, her image 'Grace' won first place in the international 'Infinite Color Competition.' Her work has appeared in print magazines locally and internationally. She is published on Vogue Italia’s ‘Photovogue’ platform and has been shared online by Canon New Zealand and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
While her images may appear dark upon first observation, they hold light and hopeful messaging at their core. She uses her work to ignite vision for transformation and growth—for a future beyond the shadows of current circumstance.
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