The Kiss of Death
Isolation. Lockdown. A strange feeling in the air. 1.5 metres. No touching allowed. Thoughts turn to how we took for granted being physically close to another. Imagining a world where touch is a thing of the past. A brush against a passing stranger. A hug. An arm around a friend. The touch of another is highly charged and complex. A stolen kiss now has the taste of danger, even possibly death.
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Biography
Lilli Waters (born 1983, Armidale, NSW) is a fine arts photographer whose work explores the human condition through dramatic images of the female form in haunting, windswept landscapes. Waters’ work offers a critical feminine gaze. Her portraits allude to the conundrum of simply being in a woman’s skin: of how to express physical agency and ease in a society that constantly objectifies women and irrevocably wreaks damage on the environment. These are images that convey complex emotions: the interplay of darkness and luminosity, strength and vulnerability.
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Awards
2020 Finalist, Du Reitz Art Awards
2020 Finalist, Percival Photographic Portrait Prize
2020 Finalist, Biennal Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize
2019 Honourable Mention, Budapest International Photo Awards
2019 Shortlisted, Australian Photography Awards
2019 Finalist, Now Contemporary Art Prize
2019 Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
2019 Finalist, Iris Awards, Perth Centre for Photography
2019 Commended, The Mono Awards
2019 Finalist, Incinerator Art Award
2019 Highly Commended, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers Awards
2019 Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize
2018 Finalist, Australian Photography Awards
2018 Finalist, Art Aesthetica Art Award
2017 Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards
2017 Finalist, National Still Life Award
2017 Finalist, Click 17, Brunswick St Gallery
2017 Semi-Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2015 Semi-Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2013 Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2013 Highly Commended, Qantas Soya Photography Award
2012 Highly Commended, Doug Moran National Contemporary Photographic Prize
2012 Semi-Finalist x 2, Doug Moran National Contemporary Photographic Prize
2012 Highly Commended, Qantas Soya Photography Award
2011 Winner, Focus Project People’s Choice
2002 Photographic Folio of the Year, Photographic Imaging College
