In her current photographic work, Wye is interested
in exploring the interplay of memory, identity and nature,
particularly as represented by flowers. Her macro landscapes
are a revelation of colours and abstract, often ethereal
forms, offering a glimpse into unseen, forgotten worlds.
In her images, Wye tries to highlight the memory of
the moment lived, rather than the sense of its loss,
and to capture for viewers the emotions and the impressions
of that moment, however fleeting. Inspired by Proust,
the hope is that her images can provide some sort of
emotional catalyst which will transport viewers to another
time or place that may have been lost. Perhaps this
is Bachelard's "magnifying glass" which gives
back "the enlarging gaze of a child." At the
same time, photographing flowers at the peak of their
life curves, Wye's floral images also evoke a certain
poignancy relating to the ephemeral nature of time and
life. They seek to be a measure of time passing, time
by which we define ourselves. In the next life cycle
of the flowers, where will we be? How will our emotional
response change as overlaid by life experiences? Wye's
work is about providing a visual thread in the present
linking us to the past, to future possibilities and
to dreams. It is a celebration of the awakening self.
Wye often challenges the limits of her lenses because
she wishes to soften or defocus her images to reflect
and engage viewers in the way we feel, perceive, remember
and dream. She also does this to mirror the diffuse
and fluid quality of time and memory, as punctuated
by moments of seeming clarity