Thirty-two finalists’ works for the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2024 are now on display, representing Australian artists working in the broad medium of contemporary photography, including 2024 Award winner Merilyn Fairskye.
Fairskye’s work, Focus Infinity III (4.47am, 11 May 2024, Maralinga village), 2024, is a pre-dawn cloudscape, summoning memories of the mushroom clouds that loomed over Australia as a result of nuclear testing (1953–63). It’s part of the ongoing Long Life Project (2009–), which focuses on the global impact of the nuclear era.
Merilyn Fairskye, Focus Infinity III (4.47am, 11 May 2024, Maralinga village), 2024, installation view, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2024, 2024–25. Courtesy the artist and HOTA, Home of the Arts, Queensland
HOTA Gallery
14 December 2024 to 11 May 2025
Queensland
