Portrait of a child with their hair covering their face.
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The Windy Day

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2020

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The Windy Day

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2020

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Wash Over You

Finalist - Australian Photography Awards 2021

I feel so incredibly grateful for this boy, for his life that saved mine. I made this image with him last week after having scans for the breast cancer I was diagnosed with shortly before he was born. My mother wasn’t around for this chapter of my life but if she had been there would have been moments when she said ‘Try to let it wash over you’ and this image has a little of her in it.

Celebrating eight years cancer-free, I’m so happy to be here in this crazy beautiful world.

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Wash Over You

Finalist - Australian Photography Awards 2021

I feel so incredibly grateful for this boy, for his life that saved mine. I made this image with him last week after having scans for the breast cancer I was diagnosed with shortly before he was born. My mother wasn’t around for this chapter of my life but if she had been there would have been moments when she said ‘Try to let it wash over you’ and this image has a little of her in it.

Celebrating eight years cancer-free, I’m so happy to be here in this crazy beautiful world.

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A child swings out over the river on a rope swing.
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Anthropause

Photo of the Year Winner 2021

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Anthropause

Photo of the Year Winner 2021

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Portrait of a child's head emerging through a turtle neck jumper.
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Griffin at Twelve

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021


Griffin, pictured at twelve years, emerging in plain clothes after spending a childhood in costume.

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Griffin at Twelve

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021


Griffin, pictured at twelve years, emerging in plain clothes after spending a childhood in costume.

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A close up photo of an old mans hands hovering over his bowl eating his breakfast.
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Breakfast with Dad
Third Place - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Breakfast with Dad
Third Place - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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White geese stand in forefront of frame with contrasting dark background and pond behind.
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Geese

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021

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Geese

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021

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Siblings wrestle on a black background covered in soap and water.
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Soap & Water

Top Ten - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Soap & Water

Top Ten - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Father and son enter the freezing water, a horrified expression is seen on sons face.
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Birrarung, Cold

Finalist - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Birrarung, Cold

Finalist - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Photo of a child leaning over a jigsaw puzzle with jigsaw pieces multiply exposed on their back.
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Lockdown 2.0, In Pieces

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021


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Lockdown 2.0, In Pieces

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021


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Half used role of toilet paper hangs in the light on the bathroom door.
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Family Rations

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021

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Family Rations

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021

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Close up photograph of an elderly woman with alzheimers looking out the window.
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Resolution

Finalist - Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women 2022


I’d not seen my mother-in-law since her Alzheimer's diagnosis, just before the lockdowns. I see a sound determination in her to get things sorted and a fragility that wasn’t there before - always searching for an answer, an item or just trying to remember what it was that she forgot.

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Resolution

Finalist - Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women 2022


I’d not seen my mother-in-law since her Alzheimer's diagnosis, just before the lockdowns. I see a sound determination in her to get things sorted and a fragility that wasn’t there before - always searching for an answer, an item or just trying to remember what it was that she forgot.

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Portrait of a child's face pressing his blanket against the glass of a door.
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Eighth Annual Orange Blanket Portrait

Finalist - Maldon Portrait Prize 2021

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Eighth Annual Orange Blanket Portrait

Finalist - Maldon Portrait Prize 2021

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A diptych photograph of the back of a child standing in the bush on the left and a dark road lit by a rainbow on the right.
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The Gender Diverse Road

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Walking the gender diverse road with my eight-year-old, who has recently made a transition in pronouns. Looking back at the road travelled it all makes sense to me now. I have no idea what lies ahead but I recognise happiness when I see it.


‘Since I’ve been true to myself, I feel like I’ve unlocked a superpower inside me’

Essi, eight.
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The Gender Diverse Road

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Walking the gender diverse road with my eight-year-old, who has recently made a transition in pronouns. Looking back at the road travelled it all makes sense to me now. I have no idea what lies ahead but I recognise happiness when I see it.


‘Since I’ve been true to myself, I feel like I’ve unlocked a superpower inside me’

Essi, eight.
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Diptych photograph of a woman, post mastectomy, on the left and her cut off plat on the right. It's the last day with hair before loosing it to chemotherapy.
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Last Day with Hair

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Portrait Category 2022

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Preparing for chemotherapy is brutal. The day I cut off my long, thick, youthful hair, I knew it would never return in the same way again. It was hard to say goodbye, but everything’s always measured against the alternative – dying - and it was easier than dying.

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Last Day with Hair

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Portrait Category 2022

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Preparing for chemotherapy is brutal. The day I cut off my long, thick, youthful hair, I knew it would never return in the same way again. It was hard to say goodbye, but everything’s always measured against the alternative – dying - and it was easier than dying.

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Diptych photograph of chemotherapy machine in oncology on the left and Conceptual landscape image of Chemotherapy on right.
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Chemotherapy

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Landscape Category 2022


The pink hue on the grass is where it has been poisoned. The weeds have now gone, and new growth appears, changed, but more beautiful than before.
This is how I’ve visualised chemotherapy working in my body. At first it obliterates all life, even the good is destroyed. But then, over time, new growth appears. Colourful, playful life in the place near-death once stood.
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Chemotherapy

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Landscape Category 2022


The pink hue on the grass is where it has been poisoned. The weeds have now gone, and new growth appears, changed, but more beautiful than before.
This is how I’ve visualised chemotherapy working in my body. At first it obliterates all life, even the good is destroyed. But then, over time, new growth appears. Colourful, playful life in the place near-death once stood.
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A woman, with no hair, stands on a rock and reflects on her experience of breast cancer paired with a dried flower in a documentary and conceptual style diptych photograph.
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Reflection

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


I recently turned fifty and it felt like a big number but after surviving heart failure and breast cancer – one near death experience for each of my children – I know that any number is a gift and there is beauty in all stages.


In celebration, my family gave me a new camera and a dear friend surprised me with some beautiful flowers which I tried to make look vital and vibrant throughout the decomposition process. To me they looked like they were dancing well into the night, which is what we all hope to do in life.
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Reflection

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


I recently turned fifty and it felt like a big number but after surviving heart failure and breast cancer – one near death experience for each of my children – I know that any number is a gift and there is beauty in all stages.


In celebration, my family gave me a new camera and a dear friend surprised me with some beautiful flowers which I tried to make look vital and vibrant throughout the decomposition process. To me they looked like they were dancing well into the night, which is what we all hope to do in life.
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A photograph of a gold spray painted wrecked car on an oval in the early morning fog
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Gold Car

Second Place in Cars as Art category, AUTO Photo Awards, 2023

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Gold Car

Second Place in Cars as Art category, AUTO Photo Awards, 2023

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A photograph of a child in the bath with half her face underwater and half out. The child has a wound on her forehead. her eyes are closed, she looks content.
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My Daughter

Shortlisted - The Australian Photography Awards, 2023

Seven years my son, two years my child and one day my daughter.

A portrait about rebirth, battle wounds and the colourful world in which my transgender child identifies.

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My Daughter

Shortlisted - The Australian Photography Awards, 2023

Seven years my son, two years my child and one day my daughter.

A portrait about rebirth, battle wounds and the colourful world in which my transgender child identifies.

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A diptych photograph.
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Concussion

Finalist - The Australian Photography Awards, 2023

There are no thoughts.

Everything’s broken down into an endless array of unformed possibilities.

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Unpacking the case of memories I've kept safely buried deep within my mind and delving into the times I've been broken, 'For Parts Not Working' explores and attempts to visually articulate trauma and PTSD. The series of constructed narratives is composed using a textile element to represent hospital vital signs monitor and mixed media photographic techniques.

Drawing from my personal health struggles and near-death experiences, this ongoing body of work is created as a tribute to my brain for the effective filing systems it has created to protect me from myself.

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Concussion

Finalist - The Australian Photography Awards, 2023

There are no thoughts.

Everything’s broken down into an endless array of unformed possibilities.

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Unpacking the case of memories I've kept safely buried deep within my mind and delving into the times I've been broken, 'For Parts Not Working' explores and attempts to visually articulate trauma and PTSD. The series of constructed narratives is composed using a textile element to represent hospital vital signs monitor and mixed media photographic techniques.

Drawing from my personal health struggles and near-death experiences, this ongoing body of work is created as a tribute to my brain for the effective filing systems it has created to protect me from myself.

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The back of a person struggling to walk through mud in the fog. Three tall skinny trees are in the background.
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My Internal Landscape

Shortlisted - The Australian Photography Awards 2023


Navigating my internal landscape is not always easy. I move at a glacial pace and often feel immobilised by feelings of overwhelm and self-doubt.

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My Internal Landscape

Shortlisted - The Australian Photography Awards 2023


Navigating my internal landscape is not always easy. I move at a glacial pace and often feel immobilised by feelings of overwhelm and self-doubt.

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In Harmony

Semi-Finalist - HeadOn Portrait Awards, 2023


This photographic portrait of Ivy Windred-Wornes, the talented singer-songwriter of the sister duo 'Charm of Finches', aims to evoke the hauntingly beautiful essence of her music, which is centred around themes of love and loss.

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In Harmony

Semi-Finalist - HeadOn Portrait Awards, 2023


This photographic portrait of Ivy Windred-Wornes, the talented singer-songwriter of the sister duo 'Charm of Finches', aims to evoke the hauntingly beautiful essence of her music, which is centred around themes of love and loss.

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© Lisa Murray

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