Self-Expression | Identity | Representation |  - Meet five photographers from the Aesthetica Art Prize who are pushing the boundaries of the medium. Their work thoughtfully explores the nature of self-expression and identity, and the connection between artist and viewer. These are the artists defining the future of photography.  Kumi Oguro  HESTER  Kumi Oguro seeks to create a world just next to our daily reality. The faces of the models are often not visible, making it unclear whether we see is a moment frozen in time or subjects waiting to be awakened from a deep sleep. The women are balancing on a thin line between the childlike and the sensual, the playful and the tragic. Find out more » Alice Duncan  Black Hole  Black Hole was created at Lake Mungo, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Barkandji/Paakantyi, Mutthi Mutthi and Ngiyampaa people. Since the discoveries of ancient human remains in the 1960s, Lake Mungo has been the location of an ongoing and often tense dialogue between Aboriginal people and descendants of settlers. Find out more » Alexej Sachov  Chronicles of an Emerging Diversity   Alexej Sachov is a Ukrainian-German artist and diver whose work advocates for environmental protection. He merges photography and painting to spotlight the underwater world's beauty and fragility. Born from the aftermath of our thoughtless waste, Chronicles of an Emerging Diversity captures new, man-made underwater species.  Find out more » Heather Agyepong  D is For…  D is For… is inspired by psychiatrist Carl Jung’s concept of “the Shadow.” Jung defined this as aspects of one’s personality deemed inappropriate, which may have been repressed during childhood and adolescence, by family, education, social norms and external factors. The work presents an exploration of self-discovery and imperfection. Find out more » Geoff Titley  Decomposition Decomposition is a stage within every organic cycle. It is also the title for Titley’s photographic series, which explores our evolving view of the world as we endeavour to convert the natural into the technological; the physical into the virtual. As we move closer to our tools, our worldview continues to shifts further towards abstraction. Find out more » - Change email address / Leave mailing list