Talhy Stotzer
Emulsion 
Edition 1/3
20 x 20 inch 
 
Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art 
 
$145 AUD 
Includes GST & postage within Australia 
 
Bio
Talhy is a photographer and researcher from Perth/Borloo whose interests include identity and place, the ethics of representation, the interplay between traditional and digital photographic modalities, and the materiality of photography.
 
Her PhD research investigated spirit-mediumship and explored the ontology of photography, as well as the capacity for photography to facilitate dialogue with participants.
 
She is the Academic Chair of the Photography program at Murdoch University and is the picture editor for the internationally recognised Q1 journal, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies.
 
Talhy’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
 
Statement
This work continues an ongoing exploration into the intrinsic properties of the photographic medium, such as its de-materialising capabilities, its relationship to time and space, and its absent-presence.
 
Blending experimental analogue techniques with digital technology, this image is part of a series that explores photography as both material and immaterial, surface and spirit, document and abstraction. 
 
During the tactile process of a Polaroid lift, the image becomes momentarily translucent, extremely fragile and malleable taking on new forms on different surfaces before if it is digitised and recirculated.  It is a reminder of the ephemeral nature of both the photograph and what it temporarily captures.