PHOTO Editions

PHOTO Editions is a new series of photobooks co-published by Photo Australia and Perimeter Editions. The first photobook—Emma Phillips: Send Me a Lullaby—will be launched at PHOTO 2021.

Send Me a Lullaby is a love letter to a city undergoing immense change, created during a period of both urban transformation and global upheaval. Emma Phillips was commissioned by Photo Australia to make a photographic portrait of Melbourne in the lead up to PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography. The resulting project is a reflection on connection, navigation and time, and the constantly evolving relationship between people and place.

Phillips’ photographs contemplate urban, domestic and psychological space. Weaving

EMMA PHILLIPS (AU) Send me a Lullaby

into this series are portraits of people Phillips has come across in Melbourne, capturing a living, breathing city as it responds to the fallout of bushfires and a pandemic. These disparate photographs taken across different seasons construct a dialogue between some of the city’s component parts—homes, shops, parks, streets—with archaeological objects from beneath the city, offering myriad stories to uncover and tell.

Image: Emma Phillips, from the series Send me a Lullaby, 2021. Image courtesy ReadingRoom. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2021. Supported by Hillvale.

Image: Emma Phillips, from the series Send me a Lullaby, 2021. Image courtesy ReadingRoom. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2021. Supported by Hillvale.