Bec Martin

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography)

I take photos on my phone of things I see and spend days turning them into darkroom prints by printing, re-photographing and re-printing them. Access to the darkroom has been... extremely limited this year, so I have spent my time collecting and grouping images and attempting to articulate why I take and choose the photos that I use. Norbert Loeffler said that all art aspires towards the condition of music, and (I just looked this up) humans most probably enjoy music because pattern recognition releases dopamine. I am terrible at music so instead, I aspire to visual pattern making. A sprouting potato and a chandelier do not have much in common—but they look great together.

Website

www.becmartin.com

Enquiries

becmartinphoto@gmail.com

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Recipient

National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association Awards

Bec Martin, Greens, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020 — Bec Martin, Greens, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Bec Martin, Mirabella light store, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020 — Bec Martin, Mirabella light store, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Bec Martin, Potato, chromogenic print, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster — Bec Martin, Potato, chromogenic print, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Bec Martin, Bubbles, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster — Bec Martin, Bubbles, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Bec Martin, Snail on glass, chromogenic print in victorian ash and glass frame, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster — Bec Martin, Snail on glass, chromogenic print in victorian ash and glass frame, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Bec Martin, Potato 2, chromogenic print, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster — Bec Martin, Potato 2, chromogenic print, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster

Bec Martin, Shadow, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster — Bec Martin, Shadow, chromogenic print mounted to aluminium, 2020. Documentation by Lucy Foster

Bec Martin, graduate exhibition installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees. — Bec Martin, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

Bec Martin, graduate exhibition installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees. — Bec Martin, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.

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