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INDUSTRY •  REGIONAL HISTORY



             Scene Around   Tropic profiiles an amazing image from the Tropical North


































































             Q&A                             How did you achieve that       but at the same time, it was also very
             with photographic artist        ethereal effect? This is only a detail   enjoyable because I was dealing
             Catherine Nelson                from a much larger work,       with photos from such a beautiful
                                             Kuku Yalanji : Mountains to the Sea,   part of the world.
             When and where?                 which is three metres long and   I love this shot because... Of the
             The photos which were used to   comprised of hundreds of individual   Kuku Yalanji boys in it. It was such
             create the artwork detail were shot   photos that I have edited, cut out   a memorable experience. They have
             in and around the Mossman River in   and collaged together to create a   so much energy and watching them
             November 2019. I spent a week there   new image. What I do is like a kind   jumping around the boulders and
             gathering material for the large-  of ‘painting’ with photographs.   rocks so confidently and joyfully
             scale artworks that Baillie Lodges   Challenges? To create such detailed   was wonderful.
             have commissioned me to do for   work is always very intensive and
             Silky Oaks.                     time consuming. It is challenging   MORE: catherinenelson.com






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