ENTRY DESCRIPTION
A Mothers’ Daughter

This spontaneous image resulted from a carefree afternoon in a dear friend’s garden playing with a remake of an 1840’s Russian lens for the first time.

The ever playful Milli had frolicked about in her own hand made mask, created for and worn in a school play before donning this mask.

Created by her Mother; this mask combines ancestry knowledge and respect for this ancient country we call home.

Milli suddenly became very still, almost reverent; the frisky antics of minutes before replaced with a tone that imbued the significance of that placed on her head.

AUTHOR
Born in coastal Victoria in 1967, Viki grew up by the sea and enjoyed a typical beach
childhood. From an early age she was drawn to photography, starting with an
instamatic Kodak camera at the age of 10 and purchasing her first SLR at age 16.
Photography was her major art subject in HSC at Toorak College, Mt Eliza in 1985
and explored further in a Media Arts course at Phillip Institute, Bundoora, Melbourne
in 1986/7.
Time spent doing Media Arts at Phillip Institute grounded her in the craft of analog
black and white photography and the discipline of hand printing.
A thirst for travel interrupted her formal studies; the rest of her training was done first hand travelling and working out of a personal dark room.
Settling in the outback area of Lightning Ridge in 1990, a period of commercial
portraiture followed. Since 1992 she has exhibited locally in a gallery space she
shares with her partner.
Viki has ventured into digital photo artistry in the past 18 months and has landed
several features in the international magazine “Awake – Living the Photo Artistic
Life” and Artists Down Under.
Artistry Flair, Mobile, Mag and MCL Arts have featured creative works on her Instagram gallery.

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