These photographs, from the series Unnoticed Aesthetics, emerge from my attempt to articulate memories shaped by constant environmental change, unstable living conditions, and the nomadic life that followed. During these years, the camera became my closest companion—travelling with me, grounding me, and witnessing my movements when I found myself journeying alone. In those moments, my conscious and unconscious minds often disagreed: one questioned what to photograph, the other questioned why. I learned to navigate both voices, creating images that responded to each in different ways. Only when I revisit the archives years later do I begin to understand the deeper logic behind those internal debates. Each photograph reveals something my unconscious recognised long before I did.

Parilojithan Ramanathan (b. 1993, Batticaloa) is a multidisciplinary artist from Batticaloa exploring ideas of nostalgia and memory primarily through lens-based mediums and alternative printing processes. Ramanathan is a graduate of Ramanathan Academy of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna and the Founder of Mount Studio & Analogue Film Lab, Battcaloa Photo-History Archive and co-founder of We Are From Here project. His work has been exhibited Locally and Globally such as at the SFG Colombo, Barefoot Colombo, Chennai Photo Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit, Kochi Muziris Biennale and Colomboscope. Ram is a grantee of the prestigious Prince Claus Seed Fund Award (2023) and A4A Production Fund (2022).

Artworks will be printed on 230 GSM Pro Premium matte paper.