STATEMENT

A camera is a ticket to enter the lives of strangers. I’m a voyeur, an outsider looking in. But by allowing people to reveal their complexity I aspire to collaborate and enable self-expression.

I marvel at the play of the extraordinary in the ordinary. I want to embrace the differences not only between people but within them. I want to know their desires, fantasies and self-perceptions. My work can be considered a backlash against my schooling where homogeneity was enforced.

To work with people you have to be spontaneous and flexible. I work without prejudgement and capture the unexpected, fleeting and potentially invisible. The process can start with overhearing an image conjured in words that excites my curiosity - I was told once that, “I had an ear for the visual”.

EDUCATION

2004-2006 Bachelor of Arts Photography (Distinction), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2005 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2003 Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia
1987 Decorative Arts at The Study Centre with Phillips and the V&A, London, UK

EXHIBITIONS

2007 Selected RMIT 2006 Graduate Work, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
2006-07 VPSY Twice Category Finalist, Travelling Exhibition, Australia
2006 Illumination, Brightspace, Melbourne, Australia
2006 San Pellegrino Cafe Society, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Kodak Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Chicago 6, John Fluevog, Chicago, USA
2005 Knock Knock, G2, Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2004 Vision, Bunker, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Location Two, Viscom, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Location One, Viscom, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Edition 10, Homeless Gallery, Melbourne, Australia