ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Slovenian Aboriginal singer songwriter Kelsey Iris is a force to contend with. This fierce woman child is as strong as she is vulnerable. I wanted to capture the essence of her dual qualities and show her as much as anyone else in the form of a capture just how strong her inner light shines, so I shot from below. This one was captured in between poses, as the late winter sun caught her face and warmed her momentarily. In this moment, all was well in her world.

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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