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While the camera is conventionally claimed to possess a unique capacity for revealing something of a subject to its viewer, in Mirror II I instead perform an act of queer photographic dis/appearance. My figure is concealed beneath a spectacular costume that mutually entices and resists examination, while the image terrain is manicured to become implausibly shallow and aglow. This double bind of a figure conspicuously produced for the lens yet unable to be seen – hiding in plain sight – reflects my interest in the potential for queer representational in/visibility in which subjects are empowered to pass before the camera un/seen.
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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