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Through a child's eyes, 2023

Luke Currie-Richardson

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 People's Choice Award

pigment photographic print on paper (frame: 66.8cm x 88.0cm depth 4.0cm)
Through a child's eyes, 2023

Luke Currie-Richardson
Mununjali/Butchella/Djabugay/Kuku Yalanji/Samsep Meriam
born Australia 1988

Through a child's eyes 2023
pigment photographic print on paper

‘As I perch upon the electrical box on the corner of Swanston and Little Bourke, I watch tens of thousands of protesters stream by me like a river trying to divert the course of history. As I look out over the sea of signs, my height allows me to see free above all. I look directly down to these eyes in a deep gaze observing me for a fleeting moment before moving along with the current of the sea.’

Luke Currie-Richardson is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist. Currie-Richardson shares vital and groundbreaking stories of First Nations resistance, joy and solidarity through multi-artforms such as dance, film, photography, spoken word and fashion.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024
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