SHONA DEY
MAHIA ROCK POOL 2022
FROM THE SERIES EXPERIMENTS IN THE TRANSIENT
My work is informed by the geologic processes that shape the New Zealand landscape. I involve water, rock and other natural elements to directly affect the image. As a result, my images not only document the landscape, but also serve as a record of the physical process that went into their creation. These images aim to be not only aesthetically beautiful, but to also convey a deeper connection to the environment and the passage of time.
ABOUT SHONA
Shona is an Auckland-based photographer with commercial and fine-art practices that co-exist, feeding off each other. Her photography is driven by a sense of curiosity. She photographs as an impartial observer, enabling intensive study of detail. This results in emotive images that are authentic, yet idiosyncratic.
In her fine-art practice, Shona’s photography starkly deviates from traditional image capture in an attempt to reveal hidden aspects of reality. Informed by chaos theory, her ongoing body of work Experiments in the Transient produces unique non-reproducible artefacts using digital photographs that have been manipulated within a studio laboratory.