honorable mention
Mica England united states
title
joshua tree
These are the 5 strongest images that could stand on their own, plucked from my portfolio where they are paired with portraits of my mother and original poetry.
Mica considers herself a writer first, photographer second; the development of a concept precedes its imagery. Each project is a confluence of the seen and the unseen; the visual and the written; the external and the internal. The outward constructed photographic scene often contradicts its prose, grounded in internal reflection. This results in multiple, yet equally valid, versions of her photography, as well as her own reality.
Mica graduated from Academy of Art University in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. She was ranked in the top 5 among photography undergraduates. Her work has been featured in several juried shows, including Academy of Art’s Spring Show in both Fine Art Book Arts and Photography. She is focused on documenting her mother’s stage 4 breast cancer thru my mother is dying, an ongoing series that was selected for AAU’s coveted portfolio review.
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entry description
One half of my project, “my mother is dying,” featuring landscapes from Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree is my mother’s spiritual center, a place of healing as her body battles metastatic stage 4 breast cancer. January 2017 we visited this holy place, potentially for the last time.These are the 5 strongest images that could stand on their own, plucked from my portfolio where they are paired with portraits of my mother and original poetry.
about the photographer
Mica England is an artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Growing up in such a diverse and inclusive environment played a fundamental role in shaping her photography, politics, and personality. Her queer and mixed race identity would not be as possible or safe elsewhere.Mica considers herself a writer first, photographer second; the development of a concept precedes its imagery. Each project is a confluence of the seen and the unseen; the visual and the written; the external and the internal. The outward constructed photographic scene often contradicts its prose, grounded in internal reflection. This results in multiple, yet equally valid, versions of her photography, as well as her own reality.
Mica graduated from Academy of Art University in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. She was ranked in the top 5 among photography undergraduates. Her work has been featured in several juried shows, including Academy of Art’s Spring Show in both Fine Art Book Arts and Photography. She is focused on documenting her mother’s stage 4 breast cancer thru my mother is dying, an ongoing series that was selected for AAU’s coveted portfolio review.
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