2019 : 05 May Alex Mao Photo Award

Sarah Zheng; Untitled
Olivia Airey; RALLY!
Gabriel Ortiz; Hide
Gabriel Ortiz;Auckland thing
Gabriel Ortiz;pigeons
Aileen Chen; Ladies' Restroom
Aileen Chen; My Mum in our Bathroom
Aileen Chen; Regent Theatre, Dunedin
Sarah Davis; Mares Leg Cove; Mares Leg Cove near Hahei, Coromandel. Shot on expired Kodak Portra 120mm film.
Hamish McLaren; Queens Wharf
Lucinda Webber; Through Closed Doors; Through Closed Doors examines an area of adolescence through the exploration of private moments in a communal living space. This photograph presented was a part of a series of nine images that aimed to have the narrative potential to imitate scenes that I have encountered with or been a part of myself, however kept behind ‘closed doors’. These moments include throwing up after a night out drinking, watching Netflix in bed with your significant other or finding out your room has been pranked in your absence. The location of these photographs was the University of Canterbury’s university hall College House, where I resided myself for the last two years of my studies. An underlying idea that has also been incorporated into this project has been the inability or difficulty to gain privacy in a communal living space such as a University hall of residence.
Lucinda Webber; Through Closed Doors ; Through Closed Doors examines an area of adolescence through the exploration of private moments in a communal living space. This photograph presented was a part of a series of nine images that aimed to have the narrative potential to imitate scenes that I have encountered with or been a part of myself, however kept behind ‘closed doors’. These moments include throwing up after a night out drinking, watching Netflix in bed with your significant other or finding out your room has been pranked in your absence. The location of these photographs was the University of Canterbury’s university hall College House, where I resided myself for the last two years of my studies. An underlying idea that has also been incorporated into this project has been the inability or difficulty to gain privacy in a communal living space such as a University hall of residence.

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