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PLACES
WINNER TEBANI SLADE Tebani Slade was a runner-up in last year’s Mono Awards Plac- es category, and describes her passion as street, travel, and doc- umentary photography.
She is widely exhibited both nationally and internation- ally, most recently in May 2022 at the Milan Image Art Fair. In 2022, she was on Team Australia for the World Photo- graphic Cup.
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MATERA 2. This image was taken in the town of Matera in southern Italy. It is claimed to be the third oldest continually in- habited settlement in the world. It has been home to someone for at least 9,000 years. There are many layers to this ancient town and I wanted to show that. So, I made an in-camera multiple exposure of four images to create this photo.
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID
This was one of the most captivating images from this year’s Mono Awards. Made from multiple captures using various focal lengths and perspectives, this photograph could easily have been just another staid photograph of an old Italian village, but instead the photographer has used considerable skill to add some wonderful complexity to this scene. While some will revel in unravelling the layers of this photograph, others will simply enjoy exploring the minute tableaus – a bicycle outside a cafe, tourists wandering a laneway, stairs winding up a bell tower, or just an old crow flying by. The image implies the complexity that time adds to place of one of the oldest towns in the world. It is a very deserving winner. Anthony McKee
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