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VCE 2007

27 March to 9 June 2008
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Alexandra Apostolidis
Camberwell Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury

Image: Alexandra Apostolidis
Alexandra Apostolidis
Nature versus man 2007
from The juxtaposition series
inkjet print
42.0 x 38.0 cm (image)
Camberwell Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury
 
As I travel around our environment, I am constantly aware of the proliferation of huge buildings and the dilemma this poses for the lifestyle of both animals and humans. In my photograph I have created an artificial tableau which acknowledges this predicament, but also illustrates that some manmade constructions can be as beautiful as forms of nature. The juxtaposition of the horse and the buildings magnifies the distance between the two – can animals really exist in a built-up environment?

 

 

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