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JULIE KENNY
Growing up in a number of outback Australian towns developed Julie Kenny’s love of exploring landscapes, strong cups of tea, and a good chinwag. Respect for Country and the significance a landscape can hold is thoroughly embedded in her being. She honed her photographic skills in analogue-based film photography, utilising 35mm, medium, and large format cameras during her studies at TAFE. After completing an Advanced Diploma of Applied Science in Photography, she furthered her studies at Edith Cowan University, undertaking a Bachelor of Communications and Diploma of Education.
More recently, she merged her knowledge of the traditional mediums with new technologies, gaining a commercial drone licence. Since this undertaking, her work has strongly focused on highlighting the beauty of regional locations.
www.juliekennyphotography.com.au
Tree of Life From above, the surrounding sheep tracks combined with the fallen tree reminded me of the ‘Tree of Life’. While the aerial perspective captured via a drone focuses on the earth, you can see the pooled water in the sheep tracks reflecting the sky. While this represents many different things, for me it communicates the interconnection of all things, beginnings and endings, the cycling of life.
WHAT THE JUDGES THOUGHT
This image asks questions in an authentic and original way. The aerial view of this skeletal-like fallen tree is dramatically enhanced by the artful rendering of elephant-like skin texture of the landscape that surrounds it. Once the mind realizes what it is looking at, the emotional impact of the textures stimulates the senses. There is a perfect balance of positive versus negative space, of light versus dark, and of smooth versus rough.
– Jackie Ranken
Why this image? Aesthetic appeal was the first part of my reasoning – it’s different and demands a closer look. And then there’s a layer of intrigue. When you look closer, the story becomes obvious. The natural dark lines of the footsteps of animals and the lightness of the dead tree offer the viewer a simple and yet intriguing story. Dark and light demonstrating life and death. Photography is all about visual communication, and this image has that in spades.
– William Long
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