pHOTOGRAPHY GRADUATE EXHIBITION 2010
QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
photography graduate exhibition 2010 queensland college of art, griffith university Exhibition Tuesday 16 – saturday 20 november opening thursday 18 november at 6:30pm QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
PUBLICATION DESIGNED AT LIVEWORM STUDIO BY Danni-ELLE COOK Cover photo by genevieve reynolds PRINTED AT fergies, brisbane COVER – 300gsm media silk INTERNALS – 150gsm media silk PUBLISHED BY QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART, gRIFFITH UNIVERSITY ISBN 978-1-921760-25-9
FOREWORD Photography began as the domain of passionate amateurs, and the amateur, or one might say, casual photographer has progressively regained significance over the last century or so. Contemporary visual culture is filled with the work of untrained photographers, whose images have contributed a new aesthetic to photography and video alike. Within the profession, interdisciplinary dialogues have broadened such that the work of commercial, news and art photographers often crosses over in its appearance primarily but also in its presentation and reception. The exchange of the respective codes and visual vocabularies of the various photographic disciplines, just as the exchange between the amateur and the professional, leads to richer work than the purest expression of a particular form. Photography has become diverse in ways that are unimaginable in any other medium, in part because of the multiplicity of its applications. It is also beset with its own particular misconceptions, ethical dilemmas and legal concerns; all issuing from its vexed relationship to the real world that passes before its lens. While these are challenges for the photographer to face, they are also perhaps an indication of the degree to which photography has become crucial in contemporary society. The transmission of information of all kinds depends upon the photographic image more than ever before and there are more sophisticated audiences for photography, whether in its commercial, journalistic or artistic forms.
Suffice to say, it is an exciting and daunting moment to enter the profession. Having previously agonised over their selection of courses, these graduates know that professional life will not fall so neatly into the art practice, commercial or photojournalism streams to which their last years have been devoted. Originality, creativity, intuition and luck all have a bearing on the images they will make. What they have gained during their time at the Queensland College of Art and what sets them apart from amateur photographers, however, is an understanding of the rules and conventions that they will follow and disregard as future projects require. They understand the implications of everything they do in crafting their images and how to achieve efficiently the results they seek. To understand the making and the significance of the photographic image is a precious thing in our time, particularly when it is so often taken for granted. It strikes me that I am not so much writing an introduction to an exhibition as providing these graduates with an introduction, a recommendation, to the professional world beyond this institution. I hope that their working lives will be as rich and fulfilling as the medium they have chosen and I commend them to the photographic profession in all its forms.
Francis E Parker Curator, Contemporary Australian Art Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
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WINONA CHAN
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NICHOLAS CHRISTIE
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RENEE FLUGGE
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ROBYN FRAZER
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TOM HANSON
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SIMON LUTKIN
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JOSHUA MAGUIRE
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NADIA MASOT
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ELISABETH NIMMO
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CARLY O’NEILL
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CLARA PALMER
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HANNAH PIPER
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CHRIS PROUD
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LINDA PUETTER
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CARLY THOMAS
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ELISABETH WILLIS
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This body of work aims to create emotionally engaging photographs.
Winona Chan CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0431 399 831 chvan.winona@gmail.com contact winona
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Sunglasses are for all types of people, they can convey the individual in a unique way. I believe sunglasses are a portrayal of an individual’s personality. In the past I aimed to illustrate this by exaggerating the personality of the characters connecting them with the sunglasses. Throughout this recent work I associated the sunglasses with a lifestyle embracing the slogan “where you’d rather be.”
nicholas christie CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0409 280 919 ndchristie@hotmail.com www.ncimage.carbonmade.com contact nicholas
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The Abstract Reality of Still Life
karina degens
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0423 178 967 karinadegens@gmail.com
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The work is designed to invite the viewer into the energetic and enticing world of an alcoholic beverage.
renee flugge CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0409 820 722 reneeflugge@hotmail.com contact renee
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My advertising work this year is wide in scope. I enjoyed this diversity and the challenges that came with it.
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This fashion narrative demonstrates a crossover between glamour and the domestic everyday. It juxtaposes fashion with banal situations in an attempt to create an interesting narrative to stimulate the viewer.
robyn frazer CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0432 434 146 robyn.frazer@gmail.com contact robyn
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These works aim to reflect memories of, or snapshots into, an idyllic lifestyle through tones of leisure, fun & relaxation. The polaroid snapshot and product are combined in the one piece to present them both as a vessel to inspire a positive memory or dream in the viewer’s mind.
tom hanson CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0438 088 306 tomhansonphotography@gmail.com contact tom
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Brian hook
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0413 399 395 brianhook@me.com
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This conceptual fashion imagery is inspired by contemporary ideas and touches on the surreal. It explores an interest in fantasy inspired fashion concepts with and without a narrative. This series tells of alien creatures intruding on human ground and defining a local vs outsider concept that has the viewer both curious and unsettled.
malin lundgren CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0405 771 646 contact@malinviktoriaphotography.com contact malin
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In the material deceit, art objects are calculations of the imaginations of the mind — a mind that uses the corporation as a machine to enmesh ideas, patterns, and emotions. With the rationalisation of the electronic environment, the mind is approaching a point where it will be free from these restrictions to realise immersions into the machinations of photographic chicanery.
Simon Lutkin Simon Lutkin’s work investigates the nuances of exaggeration through the use of digital media. Lutkin explores abstract motifs to describe the idea of infinite artifice. Using allegorical images as patterns, Lutkin creates meditative environments which suggest the contraction of culture.
CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0434 908 805 simonlutkin@me.com contact simon
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This body of work investigates social constructs through the critique of stereotypical representations. Humour, as an advertising device is vital to the work and is created through the juxtaposition of character, location and action.
Joshua Maguire CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0439 783 902 josh.maguire@hotmail.com www.joshuamaguire.com contact joshua
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I’m impressed by the idea of empowered women. The images are an attempt to personify that idea in the form of a fictional character, not unlike that of a superhero. Aeon Flux, Lara Croft and even the likes of Barbarella are all contributors to the concept in these images. Then there’s the other idea that they are rulers, regal, commanding and
nadia masot in control of their own fate. It’s not only their power that appeals to me, it’s their beauty... somewhat superhuman and unattainable to the average person. They simply cannot achieve what they do without their enchantments.
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This body of work explores male youth and beauty — in particular, the adornment of the male. I have drawn elements from both the historical representations of wealth/stature and the ‘performance’ of a bird to find a mate in the animal kingdom. The boys are placed on a pedestal and the process becomes a performance in front of the camera.
elisabeth nimmo CREATIVE ADVERTISING
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‘Capturing the Spirit of Life...’
Carly O’Neill
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contact carly
0414 838 418 www.bornefree.com.au
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‘The Wanderer’ follows an unusual character, somewhat alien. The character is isolated and exploring the human ‘world’. A white power cord with a plug at the end hovers
Date with a fox is a series about a young woman smitten with a ‘fox’. As the relationship progresses, the fox’s true character shows through.
clara palmer from the character’s chest, a corresponding power-socket is also present on the side of the head. This concept explores the idea of a ‘search for connection’ with other souls.
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This body of work is influenced by painterly traditions, in particular that of Baroque lighting. The images explore the cultural and historical role of clothing as both a form of allurement while also acknowledging its capacity to deflect and conceal.
hannah piper CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0413 856 797 hannah.j.piper@gmail.com www.hannahpiper.com contact hannah
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The aim of my folio is to show diversity within the creative advertising field. This has been achieved through producing a split folio. The first a fashion editorial depicting surf lifestyle and the other a highly constructed and manipulated anti-smoking campaign.
chris proud CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0417 600 451 caproud@gmail.com www.yoursuspensionofdisbelief.blogspot.com contact chris
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Two series of images capturing the intoxicating and expensive lifestyle of the wealthy and powerful. Inspired by the style of George Hurrell’s photography in the traditional, and by using the classic in the designs of Richard de Chazal and period fashions, these images capture a style that exudes sophistication.
Linda Puetter
Inspirations: George Hurrell, Richard de Chazal, Tamara de Lempicka, Rene Gruau.
Series 2 – Hollywood glamour transports the viewer to a period of elegance and captivating beauty
Series 1 – The designs, styling and post-production create sumptuous colour and brilliance.
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0404 491 331 lindapuetter@gmail.com www.lindapuetterphotography.com contact linda
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maddy ray
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madmaddy16@hotmail.com
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My photography is based around food still life with my subjects mainly being fruit and vegetables. In each photograph my main objective has been to create a sense of a natural environment. Things that have helped me to achieve this include the energy created by using natural lighting, the sensuality of the
megan richardson forms used and the various tactile qualities of each food item ranging from textured through to a polished appearance. Through this I have been able to create images that explore the concept of the extraordinary in the ordinary.
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0417 706 063 megan.richardson3@griffithuni.edu.au meganrichardson-photographer.com contact megan
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“Aurora Borealis”
carly thomas
CREATIVE ADVERTISING
contact carly
0432 985 772 www.carlythomas.tumblr.com
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Footwear is an essential element within anyone’s everyday attire. Throughout this folio, identity has been explored and represented though the branding of specific footwear styles. Therefore, not only is the individual product shown, but also an identity associated with that particular brand. The aim of this work was to not only sell the product, but also an identity that the viewer can easily associate with and believe in.
Michael Weatherston CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0423 518 799 www.thisashaunted.tumblr.com contact michael
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Dressing up in your mother’s clothes when you were small or remembering feeling a certain way at a time in your life, these photographs will take you to a place where everything is wonderful.
Elisabeth Willis CREATIVE ADVERTISING
0422 262 772 elisabethwillis@hotmail.com contact elisabeth
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SEAN BARRETT
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LAURA BIRD
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AMANDA BISHOP
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DANIEL CABRERA
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Micaela Caldreon
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JEREMY DAVIS
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FIAMMA FRISONE
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JULIA GREEN
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SHELDON HICKS
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AARON HOLLOWAY
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ANTHONY MCMONAGLE
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HANNAH PIPER
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IAN C POOL
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RHIAHN RAMKE
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GENEVIEVE REYNOLDS
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JAIMEE SUTTON
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CARLY THOMAS
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LAWRENCE VONHOFF
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SARAH WELCH
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JARED WORTHINGTON
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This series attempts to make visible the vulnerability of the photograph with regard to meaning. It attempts to frustrate sincere visual perception with the placement of everyday objects into non-contexts. By being photographed in this way, simplistic entities become symbolically charged as the viewer tries to decipher the image.
sean barrett PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0419 131 232 seanbarrett89@gmail.com www.sean-barrett.com contact sean
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My work explores a mixed media representation of the subconscious and fractured memories. I wanted to investigate this notion of what do memories, ideas and our thought processes look like in a visual construct. By translating mixed media photographically, I’ve created an idea of memories lost and found merging into one another creating a different fractured and idealized version of the memory.
laura bird PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0422 523 515 07 3715 6414 laurabirdphotography@hotmail.co.uk contact laura
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Kinesthetic Flora Extended exposure captures the energy of nature.
amanda bishop
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contact amanda
0431 114 653 lilcrazy_princess@hotmail.com
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I believe many take motion picture for granted. With this piece of work I set out to create a moving image from a series of stills, combining 19th century and modern day technologies.
Strobascopalization [Strob•as•cop•al•i•za•tion] noun. Brainwashing due to exposure to a continuous flashing light.
Daniel Cabrera I hope to engage the viewer just as millions are Strobascopalized every evening by the flashing light on their television.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0415 404 608 daniel@danielcabrera.com.au www.danielcabrera.com.au contact daniel
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My work is a spiritual & physical expression of personal connections with Mother Nature. Its intent is to promote awareness of our origins and natural state of being. Furthermore, it is an exploration of returning back to the source as opposed to a consumerist identity.
Micaela Calderon PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
fidi15@hotmail.com contact micaela
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In my work I aim to explore our innate humanness. How we are in any given moment, subtle yet complex, passive yet colourful.
jeremy davis PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0421 529 405 jeremyfdavis@gmail.com contact jeremy
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This folio explores the idea of ‘the gaze’ through positioning the viewer in the role of a ‘peeping tom’. Through framing and positioning the model in a particular manner, the work poses questions of ‘who is looking at who’ and why, in turn creating a certain distance between
“Stare, It’s the way to educate the eye. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.” – Walker Evans
Fiamma Frisone the subject and the photographer. Consciously combining location and subjects to produce an old fashioned and domestic tone, these images create a narrative and an aesthetic quality that reveals something just outside our grasp.
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contact Fiamma
0431 370 242
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By reducing portraits to silhouettes, a system is created in which various media can be integrated. Through this reduction of the subject I am able to transform figures into containers for psychological insight.
Julia Green PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0432 249 787 julia.scott.green@gmail.com contact julia
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The idea of the work is to express a personal experience with anxiety and highlight the wider issue of mental health in Australia. The intention of having the subject and background white was to create a clinical aesthetic to the works and to highlight the issue mental health, as it is often a topic discussed quietly and not out in the open.
Unease
sheldon hicks PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
sheldonphicks@gmail.com contact sheldon
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My work is about human interaction, in a world where we have more and more ways of communicating, and less real communication. In a society where people crave connection with other people; we dance, drink and have sex, trying to create a connection with another person, only to have it fail over and over again. My work explores the realms of sex and sexuality, connection, love, moving
AARON HOLLOWAY from childhood into adulthood and the new experiences that come with it. A combination of attractive imagery combined with highlysexualised images and concepts; the images are beautiful yet surreal.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0438 758 175 aaron@pseudoimagery.com www.adavidhollowayart.com contact AARON
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The body of work explores the body as an element of space by subverting the use of, and the interaction between, the human form and the everyday object. The viewer is encouraged to question the perception of their own physical reality by revaluating the body and objects within the domestic.
Anthony McMonagle PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
a.p.mcmonagle@gmail.com contact anthony
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It is the construction and adherence to societal conventions paired with the permeation of the subconscious into conscious behaviours that forms the basis of my inquiry and ultimately my photographic practice.
hannah piper Discovery and the creation of complex personal mythologies is addressed within the work, so too the role of the forest within the cultural imagination of western civilisation. This work seeks to reconcile the forest and its negative connotations with the domestic space.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0413 856 797 hannah.j.piper@gmail.com www.hannahpiper.com contact hannah
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My work is based on constructed narratives, somewhat like a songwriter would construct a concept album. The process used to create these photographic series involves a combination of live action, 2D cut outs and rear projection, shot in a single take entirely on the iPhone. By taking advantage of the ease and accessibility of this technology I have imbued the images with a sense of immediacy.
Ian C Pool Through this use of lo-fi technology and the juxtaposition of kitsch imagery with cataclysmic events, my work examines the response of the ‘everyman’, drawing attention to our attitudes and consequences for ongoing neglect and lack of respect for the planet we share.
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www.holygreencow.com contact ian
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This work is an exploration of the physical and spiritual self, using abandoned and decaying interiors. These locations act as a platform from which to investigate the emptiness of modern day culture and critique the collective societal contentment with a meaningless and unexplored existence.
rhiahn ramke PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0434 383 565 rhiahnramke@hotmail.com contact rhiahn
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Through a quasi-scientific methodology of experimentation, observation and repetition I explore my immediate environment, attempting to find a balance between the bizarre and mundane. In this mode, I pose open questions regarding our human physicality in relation to our experience of the physical environment.
Stills from video
Genevieve Reynolds PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
greynolds12@gmail.com contact Genevieve
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This work presents overlooked aspects of everyday life. Working specifically in the domestic space, the idiosyncratic decoration of interiors was explored. A myriad of questionable tastes were documented in the process, utilizing the device of humour in order to comment on society and class.
Blythe Smethurst PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0433 769 648 blythe.smethurst@gmail.com contact blythe
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Society has always been fascinated with explaining the darker aspects of human emotion and psyche. Through this series of images, I explore the dark, barer instincts which subconsciously drive us all. The work is reflective of the frustration, damage, alienation and incompleteness felt by those who are touched by mental illness.
Jaimee Sutton PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0410 576 601 jaimeesutton@gmail.com contact jaimee
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This body of work disrupts the veneer of domestic perfection through the introduction of the uncanny. The work explores the monotony of traditional feminine domestic processes by contrasting humorous and sinister tones.
carly thomas PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0432 985 772 www.carlythomas.tumblr.com contact carly
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My work is the interpretation of places and environments through an alternative photographic process. The photographs are characterised by the tension between the clarity and formal nature of my photographs with nontraditional construction of materials.
lawrence vonhoff These photographs are an expression of the sensations of familiarity and our unconscious recollection of places. However, further tension arises through the ambiguous nature of the locations and events within. I sought to develop a method of constructing a photograph as a whole and complete object, rather than a simple two dimensional image.
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0433 226 924 ldv844@gmail.com contact lawrence
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My work has always been concerned with a photographic representation of the built environment, finding beauty in the banal and reducing everyday locations into geometric compositions. This series attempts to challenge the truthful representation of the photographic image as each image created may or may not
michael weatherston have actually happened. Although each image was not artificially created, the way the photographic medium interprets the situation may appear to be false through the ambiguity of the image.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICE
0423 518 799 www.thisashaunted.tumblr.com contact michael
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This work aims to change the public’s reaction to environmentalism. Through the combination of seductive imagery with ambiguity the viewer can be exposed to the political content. This contrast could be likened to our own society, whereby we desire objects without
sarah welch consideration of the negative effect these objects might have on our own environment. I hope that my work affects people profoundly enough to make them reconsider their own wastefulness.
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0434 519 594 sarah_ek_welch@hotmail.com contact sarah
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Through photography, fashion brands, bourgeoisie leisure activities and the systems of advertising are translated into hollow yet seductive visual constructions.
This work examines iconic representations of luxury lifestyle and conspicuous consumption.
Jared Worthington This work aims to investigate the sign value of commodities and those who are complicit with conventions of this culture.
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0404 783 166 jaredworthington@gmail.com www.jaredworthington.com contact jared
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ERIN BURNETT
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SHADA jai CORNELISSEN
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JESSICA CUDDIHY
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JASMINE FORREST
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NICOLETTE JOHNSON
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HAMISH LAING
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CALLIE MARSHALL
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RICHARD ROBINSON
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JOE RUCKLI
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CHARLOTTE SAMSON-SCOTT
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CAROLYN STUBBIN
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KRYSTELLE WATTS
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YASMIN WILLIAMS
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My work seeks to reveal these issues.
Worldwide, approximately 50 billion animals are slaughtered each year. Every second 1,680 animals are killed for food. Most of these animals are caged, crowded, deprived, drugged, mutilated and manhandled by slaughterhouses and factory farms worldwide.
eRIN BURNETT PHOTOJOURNALISM
0451 140 020 erin@erinburnettphotographer.com www.erinburnett.com.au contact erin
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An animal’s life in captivity, one without the ability to express natural behaviours, can be a reflection of our compulsive desire to posses and control. This project explores the absurdity and cruelty of using animals in our society as a form of entertainment. Through my documentary practice I hope to provoke thought by questioning what it is we consider the norm.
Shada jai Cornelissen PHOTOJOURNALISM
0405 803 643 sayhello@shadajai.com www.shadajai.com contact shada
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A year ago three of my friends died. Two overdosed. One took his own life. One of these friends was my ex boyfriend, Matty. Until now I have tried to avoid the places that hold their memories because it was too painful. This is me trying to find my friends again and deal with their loss.
Triumph Over Tragedy
Jessica Cuddihy PHOTOJOURNALISM
0424 908 518 jess.cuddihy@gmail.com contact jessica
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In a world that is ultimately desperate for sense and logic, mere humans become vulnerable. We all succumb to moments in the mind, where thoughts become fragmented and so disjointed to the extent you cannot decipher reality let alone comprehend it.
jasmine forrest Through self-inquiry, this project has enabled me to explore my relationship with my family in context of personal sanity. In sheer times of destabilization, only through photography was I able to think differently, see clearly and heal completely. I found new strength, and realized humanity is not as fragile as I once deemed it to be.
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CONTACT JASMINE 0401557669 jasmine.a.forrest@gmail.com
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My experience in Lightning Ridge was one of conflicting views. Most of the townspeople I spoke to appeared at least on the surface to be
My work with the RSPCA speaks of the fragility of the animals in this clash between the man-made world and the natural world. It also illustrates the love and dedication the RSPCA has for animals.
Brendan Francis happy with their life on the ridge, however once I began to dig deeper, their facade began to show cracks. I felt that they showed themselves truly in their quiet moments. I witnessed isolation, regret and fragility — some came with the highest of hopes, chasing untold riches and yet others came to disappear and slowly fade away.
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Photojournalism allows an exploration into people’s lives and to be able to tell and express these stories to a wider society. These images are a selection of some of the documentary work I have completed in Australia and Internationally. I feel honoured to have been part of the lives of all the people I have photographed, taped and interviewed.
Manille Joy Gadian PHOTOJOURNALISM
0422 140 201 manillejoyphotography@hotmail.com www.manillejoy.com contact manille
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This isn’t really a criticism, nor is it a celebration; I’m just trying to be honest. I want to be able to remember this time in my life when everything changed.
nicolette johnson PHOTOJOURNALISM
0419 737 552 nicolettedjohnson@gmail.com www.nicolettejohnson.carbonmade.com contact nicolette
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In my series I have observed the winding down stages of the celebration and the quiet moments after the event has passed. I have attempted to make my work ask questions about what has gone before.
Celebration. This part in life we enjoy and look forward to more than anything. Yet afterwards what happens?
Phillip Joshua This series reflects on what and who has been.
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0408 708 666 contact phillip
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I have chosen to explore one element of country life — macropod harvesting (roo shooting). I have tried to show that while urbanites perceive the industry as brutal and cruel — out there it’s real life and a part of the everyday; relative normality.
Hamish Laing PHOTOJOURNALISM
0433 221 113 htlaing@bigpond.net.au contact hamish
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My work is about telling intimate stories of everyday people.
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I’ve used my individual project as a chance to be self-indulgent by documenting glimpses into various aspects of my life. These photos have not been shot with a specific purpose in mind; they are more a reflective tool that allows me to explore the underlying vulnerability and melancholy that exists in the world around me.
CALLIE MARSHALL PHOTOJOURNALISM
0413 097 124 info@calliemarshall.com contact callie
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Plaques and monuments have always been a point of fascination for me. They stand as silent sentinels, guarding the memory of a particular person, event or date, as it passes into history. They attach meaning to what might otherwise be a meaningless time or place.
Richard Robinson But do these markers serve as reminders to an event, or do they do more to preserve the memory of the people who erect them? In the series Unmemoriam I have set out to record the unmemorable monuments — the moments that perhaps only time itself remembers.
PHOTOJOURNALISM
0408 767 249 ra.robinson@gmail.com contact richard
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This project documents the experiences of working night shifts. The factory floor or empty shopping centre is a foreign and distant departure from the comforts of home at these unusual hours. I seek to explore the mechanisms which are necessary to sustain a society of endless production and maintenance, and celebrate the efforts of the worker who remain invisible to the broader community.
Joe Ruckli Alienation through mechanization is a common theme in this series. We are facilitated by the machine, but at what expense? Perhaps the benefits of modern day technology are met with a sense of redundancy, as we become estranged from the products of our manual labour.
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0410 118 057 joeruckli@hotmail.com contact JOE
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“The best journalism is following the dictum, wry but true: never believe anything until it is officially denied. It is seeing the world from the ground up, where ordinary people are, not from the top down, where the powerful reside. In many respects, the best journalists are the agents of ordinary people, not of those who preside over them.” – John Pilger
Charlotte Samson-Scott PHOTOJOURNALISM
contact charlotte
0434 029 141
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It is through the lens of my camera that this world is constantly being brought into sharp relief.
Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the succession of night and day, there are signs for those who are endowed with insight. (Al-Imran:190)
CAROLYN STUBBIN PHOTOJOURNALISM
0400 325 437 carolyn@perfectpotion.com.au contact CAROLYN
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Cec is an 86 year old World War II Veteran. He has lived alone at home since his wife Daphne passed away six years ago. He displays all of the characteristics of the typical Aussie bloke. A larrikin by nature, he always jokes that he has a new “girlfriend� every week, and all of the soldiers at the Army base know and respect him. This body of work tells his story.
Krystelle Watts PHOTOJOURNALISM
0423 385 048 stelle_13@hotmail.com contact Krystelle
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I met the Macintosh family in 2009 when I was working on a project with the Salvation Army and quickly bonded with the eldest three of five siblings, becoming curious about their lives at home after overhearing passing comments. All the children are under the age of thirteen, and along with two parents and an adopted dog, they manage to survive off one minimum wage paycheck each week. It was obvious to me as
Yasmin Williams soon as I stepped into their environment that I’d come across something rare. The photographs reveal the tensions that come with being a child in a large family coupled with that constant fight for attention, sibling rivalry and the ways they keep themselves entertained without all the token games and gadgets our generation seems to take for granted
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0433 587 989 dorkizoidphotography@hotmail.com contact yasmin
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blurr club 2010
Thank you
anthony mcmonagle
A big thank you to all of our lecturers and tutors who have helped
julia green joshua mcguire blythe smethurst jeremy davis jared worthington hannah piper sean barrett joe ruckli sarah welch daniel cabrera genevieve reynolds elisabeth willis robyn frazer nicolette johnson carly thomas
us over the past three years. Your encouragement and patience is greatly appreciated as you have helped us become the young photographers that we are today. To our sponsors, thank you for your assistance and contributions to the production. And to the graduating photography class of 2010, congratulations and we wish you all the best for your future.
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photography staff and support 2010 Full time staff
part time staff
support staff
Marian Drew
Renata Buziak
Greg Hoy
Charles Page
Angela Blakely
Tony Hamilton
Jay Younger
Alan Hill
Steve Godbold
Siegfried Manietta
Amy Carkeek
Rebecca Smith
Joseph McDowall
Bruce Reynolds
Philippe Schneider
Earle Bridger
Jenny Carter-White
Simon Grant
David Lloyd
Kelly Hussey-Smith
John Russell
Peter Wanny
Maurice Ortega-Montiel
Damian Caniglia
Jacky Owens (First Year Advisor)
Isaac Brown
Katie Mitchell
Nathan Corum
Tony Preece
Paul Adair
Heidi Stevens
Ray Cook Camilla BirkEland Kate Bernauer Mike Hallson Elise Hilder Martin Smith Heather Faulkner Patrick Hamilton Gia Mitchell Michael Hill Scott Burrows