Eric Rose · Portals: Doorways to the Past

Portals: Doorways to the Past features photographs by Bahamian artist Eric Rose, taken across the islands of The Bahamas. Focusing on doorways, windows, and the remains of old buildings, the images offer a quiet look at places that once held life and are now slowly disappearing.

From forts and churches to abandoned homes, Rose captures what happens when we stop caring for shared spaces. What do we choose to preserve? What gets left behind? The project asks us to think about how we honour memory, community, and the passage of time.

About the artist

Eric Rose (b. 1974, Nassau, The Bahamas) studied mass communication and journalism at The College of The Bahamas, print journalism at Clark Atlanta University, and earned a master’s in international communications at the Communication University of China. His photography has been shown at the Pink ‘Un Gallery in Nassau, the William C. Allen Gallery at the Central Bank of The Bahamas, and the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. He was the first international recipient of the Ying Shi Ju Still-Life Photography Award, in Beijing, China from the Advertising Museum of China. Rose has also been published in Afar, a travel magazine based in New York and San Francisco, and Bahamasair’s Up and Away magazine. In 2021, he won an honours award at the E. Clement National Arts Festival and was the national winner for photography for the panoramic To the Mountaintop, which is on display in this exhibition. He is also a poet, cultural journalist, and stage actor.