Samantha Everton is an Australian photographic artist who creates images with dreamlike and theatrical qualities, living in Melbourne.
Early life
editEverton was raised in Emerald, a small town in central Queensland. She grew up with one biological brother and three adopted siblings from South East Asia. Everton's multicultural family gave her an awareness of issues pertaining to race and culture and how people react to difference and departure from normativity.[1] Her works often include motifs of innocence and thematic references to childhood.
Everton studied photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Career
editAt the start of her photographic career, she worked as a cadet photographer for the Melbourne Times, and volunteered in Photographic studios.[2] She has had her images published in several magazines, including Vogue[3] and the New Yorker Magazine.[citation needed] She has also won multiple awards, including First and third prize at the 2010 Paris International Photography Awards, the 2005 Australian Leica Documentary Photographer of the year award, and the 2003 AIPP Australian Professional Photography awards.[4][better source needed]
References
edit- ^ Healy, Madeline (3 December 2011). "Surreal in the Suburbs". Courier Mail.
- ^ St Martin, Marina (11 June 2010). "Picture Perfect". Gold Coast Bulletin.
- ^ Twomey, Leah (11 January 2009). "Screen Queen". Vogue Living.
- ^ "CV- Samantha Everton". samanthaeverton.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
General references
edit- King, Darryn (22 March 2011). "Marionettes". Time Out Sydney.
- Greco, Nell. "Samantha Everton: Interview". Das Platforms.[dead link]
- Warchomij, Bohdan. "Samantha Everton". Methaphor Online.