The series Agama Tirtha is a portrait of the Balinese identity taken from a perspective that is sceptical of there being an "authentic" Bali today. Challenging the outdated visual identity of Bali that has become synonymous with tourism propaganda and post-colonial vanity. Instead portraying a multicultural and multinational identity that is tied together by an omnipresent element in Bali - water. A ubiquitous force that both enriches and challenges every life in a unique way. A common thread that can be traced back to the historical inhabitants, who, to coexist with the nature of living in the region, created the Religion of Water, Agama Tirtha. A thread of blessings and curses that continues in today's globalised and cosmopolitan communities, each having to adapt to life in the wet tropics. The photographs in Agama Tirtha illustrate that identity does not just come from birth place, heritage, and tradition, but also from shared experience; an ineffable feeling uniquely Balinese that exists between tropical downpours, agrarian flooding, chlorinated hotel pools, sea salt rash from surfboards, weathered independence monuments, and grand water purification ceremonies.