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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 Winner
'I've always struggled with the size of my body from being extremely underweight to now being overweight. Over the past few years working with other photographers, making portraits, I've been processing my feelings about the transformation and how my body fits within society. I've begun to reclaim my skin, by designing symbols about my life so far that I’ve been getting tattooed. I’m starting to feel more at home in my big queer body.'
This portrait of Ruby is half of a stereoscopic pair from the ongoing project Vantages.
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
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