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4 future-focused photographers to watch

Four photographers each approaching the topic of ‘the future’ through different lenses.

29 Apr 2024 9:00

Celina Lei

Michael Najjar, ‘Arctic Vault’, 2023 from the series, ‘Cool Earth’. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. A concrete vault in the middle of melting ice and a barren landscape.

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Michael Najjar, ‘Arctic Vault’, 2023 from the series, ‘Cool Earth’. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Photographers to watch:

Jo Duck

Jo Duck, ‘Venetian Sandwich’, as part of the series, ‘Razzle Dazzle’. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. A person in a red skin-tight suit peering out of some blinds that is attached to a metal tin lid on his head as a disguise. — Jo Duck, ‘Venetian Sandwich’, as part of the series, ‘Razzle Dazzle’. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Jo Duck is a Melbourne-based fine art and advertising photographer whose work plays into humour and cinematography while offering eye candy and thought-provoking prompts in equal measure.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_

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