Celestial Body Model

BACKGROUND These works contribute to the contemporary photographic field in Australia. The Alchemists: Rediscovering Photography in the Age of the Jpeg is a collaboration between the Australian Centre for Photography, The Australian National University and The University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts involving an exhibition, symposium, masterclass and digital publication. The artworks included in this exhibition addressed the ongoing scholarly debate on what is contemporary analogue photography. The key outlets in which this debate is playing out are within galleries such as Centre for Contemporary Photography and Monash Gallery of Art. The most significant practitioners whose work is a point of departure for my own include Sarah Anne Johnson, Sally Gall and Jeff Whetstone. Key thinkers who have influenced my conceptual explorations include Arnd Schnieder and Charlotte Cotton. CONTRIBUTION The gap in knowledge that my work addresses is how photographic processes might be as representational and perceptible as the subject being photographed to chronicle communities in ways that align with their values. The research question could be: How can photographic processes be as perceptible and representational than the subject being photographed to chronical communities? Directions for future research is currently being explored via a PhD at RMIT. SIGNIFICANCE
Australian Centre for Photography is a leading Australian arts organisation that is devoted to photography. The exhibition featured the work of 25 artists from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Thailand. Two works from this series was subsequently acquired by AGNSW.