Gayle Chong Kwan, Mont Choisy, Mauritius, ACE Residency, 2005
Series of 28 c-type lambda prints, 20 x 24″
A series of twenty-eight photographs which document, over two month period, the temporary structures which Mauritians erect on one of the few remaining public beaches, Mont Choisy, on the island. The temporary structures are erected on the traditional causarina trees, which are being cut down and replaced by palm trees on many parts of the coast, to create beaches which are seen as more in keeping with the image of of the ‘paradise island’ for the tourist industry. Many of the large hotel complexes are still legally and theoretically able to be used by locals, as long as they enter the beaches from the sea, but in reality the presence of hotel security guards deter this.
