ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The photograph was taken during a trip to Hong Kong while going through a very tough personal time. It is fascinating how the focus changes from what one would normally photograph, to seeing the surroundings so differently. The details in architecture that reflect the mind patterns were noticed. The decision making can sometimes feel like going in circles and not being able to remove oneself from it. It can be likened to wandering around the unfamiliar streets and always ending up at the same monument.

AUTHOR
Irma Calabrese is a Lithuanian-born, Sydney-based set / production designer, artist, illustrator and photographer whose artworks are intricate, intriguing, minimalistic or highly detailed.

She studied many forms of art making through tertiary studies in Set Design, Jewellery and Interior Design and became most drawn to ink as the main medium for her work still whilst studying at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts in Lithuania. She also developed a strong interest in photography once moved to Australia more than a decade ago.

Inspired by nature, human faces, geometric and organic shapes, human psychology and interaction, her latest work is figurative based on emotions and human relationships. The themes of displacement, nostalgia, isolation and afterlife are present in her work.

Her work is held in private collections in Australia, Europe, Asia and the United States.

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