Tamara Dean has been featured on global art news website Blouin Artinfo, in celebration of her selection as a finalist in the prestigious New York Photo Awards for her new series The Edge. "Dean?s powerful images exploring the informal rituals and rites of passage of young people within the natural world have won numerous awards, including the Olive Cotton Award and Sydney Life: Art & About. Her work has been exhibited around Australia and internationally, most recently at the 2013 Aspettando FotoLeggendo festival in Rome." - Nicholas Forrest, Blouin Artinfo Dean also explains the concept behind her most recent series The Edge, ?In our increasingly secular society there are less and less formal transitionary markers, structured rites of passage and significant rituals for young people to guide them through critical stages in their lives.? Read the article here on the Blouin Artinfo website. Nominated in the category 'Fine Art Series', six images from Dean's nominated series are currently on show as part of the New York Photo Festival as The Powerhouse Arena until February 24. [caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
Tamara Dean, The Creek, 2013, Photograph on archival cotton rag paper, 75 x 100cm[/caption]
Tamara Dean's The Edge series will be exhibited at Olsen Irwin for Art Month Sydney from March 5 to 23 Tamara Dean The Edge 5 - 23 March 2014 Olsen Irwin 63 Jersey Road Woollahra NSW 2025
