Scarred
A self portrait two weeks post a total thyroidectomy. This image documents the surgical scar healing and the erratic physical implications and body changes through a difficult period of adjustment where my experience and symptoms were dismissed and I often felt invalidated.
Awards
Color Photography Contest
2024Honorable Mention
Portrait
Non Professional
Scarred
A self portrait two weeks post a total thyroidectomy. This image documents the surgical scar healing and the erratic physical implications and body changes through a difficult period of adjustment where my experience and symptoms were dismissed and I often felt invalidated.
About Artist
Natalie Arber
Natalie Arber is a self-taught lifestyle and environmental portrait photographer based in Melbourne who practices mostly in black and white. She documents candid moments with an emphasis on emotions and human expression. In 2023 she was a finalist in the Head On Portrait awards where her self portrait, Scarred was on exhibit in Bondi as well as being exhibited by the Museum of Australian Photography as part of their 2023 LOOK! prize with her winning portrait Sleepy-Head. Natalie's image, Miss Apprehended was also exhibited in 2023 as a finalist for the Out From the Mist competition in Queensland. In 2024 Natalie has won the title of Portrait Photographer of the Year in the Australian Photographic Prize and won the Emotive Portrait category of the Better Photography Photographer of the Year.
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