Can a moment in time ever be recreated? I once thought so, but after trying to duplicate this photograph for weeks, I realised the futility of living in the past.

This photograph, captured in 2013, will always be special to me. It was the first of my photographs to receive a thousand likes on social media, but more than that, it taught me how powerful a photograph could be.

How many stories could the crumbling walls of the old prison in Port Louis tell? Few would be surprised if they were stories of regret and despair for misdeeds which led to incarceration. More curious is the relief some prisoners must have felt as they entered the prison for the first time. Theirs are the largely untold stories of the willing prisoners who chose prison as an escape from the hardships of the plantations.

As I stood at the mountain base, contemplating the climb, Pieter Both mountain formed an imposing sight. With its sharp vertical drops below and sheer cliff face above, the summit's climb is as much a mental challenge as physical.

Over the years, certain photographs I have captured have come to speak to me. These are necessarily the prettiest of images or the most technically correct. Some aren't even that special, as far as a photograph goes, yet they still stand out in my mind. This is one of those photographs.