HEYDT’s Pictures of the Floating World confronts the lingering scars of colonialism across the Caribbean islands, documenting landscapes and identities shaped by centuries of exploitation, displacement, and resistance. These photographs reveal the paradox of the Caribbean: a region mythologized as paradise yet burdened by its violent history. The "floating world" here is not an escape, but a site of rupture—where colonial legacies persist in the cracks of walls, the ruins of plantations, and the hybridized identities of its people. HEYDT’s work challenges the illusion of a "post" colonial era, exposing the ongoing presence of systems born from colonialism. The series captures the tension between resilience and rupture, echoing postcolonial theorists like Homi Bhabha, who describe the “third space” where colonizer and colonized identities blur. These images do not offer resolution but dwell in ambiguity, forcing the viewer to confront the unresolved contradictions of history. Through its fragments—abandoned spaces, fractured structures, and enduring cultural hybridity—Pictures of the Floating World reveals both the suffering and resilience of the Caribbean. It resists erasure, refusing to romanticize or simplify postcolonial realities. Instead, HEYDT’s work gestures toward a radical reimagining of the region’s future: one that emerges from its scars, transforming rupture into possibility.