Family Heirlooms
Family Heirlooms is a series of photographs documenting my family home over several decades, from my childhood in the 1970s to 2019. It was born out of a desire to create more memories of my family home as my dad's health began to deteriorate as he entered his late eighties. I used old childhood photos and placed them in the same locations decades later.
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Biography
Born in Melbourne, Australia. A mother of two, passionate photographer and Educator. With a background in Visual Arts, I did not truly discover photography as a need to document my world until the sudden death of my mother in 2013. Realising the permanence photography has, I began to record moments of my father's life and family home as his health began to deteriorate. 'Family Heirlooms' was created in 2019.
As a photographer, I aim to create honest, tender, raw and intimate photographs. Created from a place of love, respect and the need to tell another’s story.
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Awards
Juror's Honourable Mention in 'Revisiting the family album: Stories that bind us', Centre For Fine Art Photography, Colorado 2023
Winner of Series & Single shot (Documentary & Reportage category, Non Pro) in the 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2022
LensCulture Portrait Winner 2022
KLPA (Kuala Lumpur Portrait Awards) Winner 2022
Sony Alpha Awards Winner (Portrait category) 2022
Head On Portrait Awards, Semi Finalist 2022
2022 Photographer of The Year, Top 10 (People Category) Australia
2021 Australian Top Emerging Photographer of the Year, Overall Winner and Runner Up. Winner of both Documentary and Portrait categories.
LensCulture Home 21 International Photography Finalist and Juror's pick for my series 'Family Heirlooms'
HIPA (Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award) Gold Medal Winner for Then + Now Competition, September 2021
2020 Photographer of The Year Finalist (People Category) Australia
2019 Photographer of The Year Runner Up (People & Portrait Category) Australia
