Second Light is an attempt to expand the boundaries of portraiture. Rather than profiling its subjects, it obscures them, reducing them to ciphers. The space they inhabit is empty, save for a single, vaguely-defined source of illumination. Intimacy is conjured through movement and gesture, as bodies stripped of their specifics gravitate towards the light.

Brianna Elton is a photographer based in Sydney. She graduated from Sydney College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in Photomedia. Her work deals with limitations, particularly within portraiture, and the paradoxes of representation.

The UNCOVER Award is an opportunity for emerging artists to develop and exhibit a body of photographic work.

Designed to support and nurture emerging photo-media artists, the winning series embraces quality, originality and cohesiveness. UNCOVER is open to all photographic themes and processes and to all artists working within the medium of photography.

UNCOVER is part of PCP’s artistic development program.

Brianna Elton was the winner of UNCOVER 2017.