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Title: Portrait of 'sistagirl' out and proud
Post by: Shana A on December 01, 2009, 08:27:52 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 01, 2009, 08:27:52 AM
Portrait of 'sistagirl' out and proud
December 1, 2009
Bindi Cole's Tiwi Islands photograph wins Deadly Art Award. Liza Power reports.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/portrait-of-sistagirl-out-and-proud/2009/11/30/1259429335112.html (http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/portrait-of-sistagirl-out-and-proud/2009/11/30/1259429335112.html)
JUST after sunset, at the tail end of a long day of shooting, Bindi Cole set down her camera gear and picked up her trustworthy digital for a couple of final frames. Her subject, a transgender ''sistagirl'' from the Tiwi Islands, Ajay, struck a pose, her rouged cheeks and glossy pout glinting in the final embers of dusk.
On Friday, Cole's twilight portrait won the prestigious $25,000 Deadly Art Award, part of the 2009 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. And while the young, Melbourne-based photographer is excited about the prize, it's the story behind the photograph that she hopes will garner acclaim.
December 1, 2009
Bindi Cole's Tiwi Islands photograph wins Deadly Art Award. Liza Power reports.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/portrait-of-sistagirl-out-and-proud/2009/11/30/1259429335112.html (http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/portrait-of-sistagirl-out-and-proud/2009/11/30/1259429335112.html)
JUST after sunset, at the tail end of a long day of shooting, Bindi Cole set down her camera gear and picked up her trustworthy digital for a couple of final frames. Her subject, a transgender ''sistagirl'' from the Tiwi Islands, Ajay, struck a pose, her rouged cheeks and glossy pout glinting in the final embers of dusk.
On Friday, Cole's twilight portrait won the prestigious $25,000 Deadly Art Award, part of the 2009 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. And while the young, Melbourne-based photographer is excited about the prize, it's the story behind the photograph that she hopes will garner acclaim.