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Karen Lunney australiaPhoto © Karen Lunney
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Hanging in There
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This wild bat population in suburban Brisbane was decimated by a heatwave event soon after this photo was taken. This has consequences for the sustainability of bat colonies that provide much needed local pollination mechanisms.about the photographer
Karen Lunney is a contemporary photographic artist working out of Brisbane and North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. Her work investigates the liminal space - a state of transition, a place of possibility, where one thing has ceased and another not yet started. All levels of existence share in this phenomenon. The light of dawn and dusk, the ocean-land interface and the migration of animals all represent forms of liminality. The cultural transitions of peoples forced to westernise, not sure what culture to save into their new modernity and the climatic changes causing paroxysms around the globe both produce uncertainties for the future with consequences for many.back to gallery