1st place
gold star award
Andrew Rovenko
australia
title
The Rocketgirl Chronicles
Small things. Small wins. Like making a space helmet for your child fascinated by the night sky. And a suit. Too bad that the novelty of a costume doesn’t last. Stories however, seem to have worked since forever. So we took the costume and went looking for stories. The good thing is that with a little imagination stories can be found anywhere.
These analogue photographs are the memories from the stories we found. The lockdown has now ended. We’ll outgrow the costume. But the time spent together exploring and imagining is one special gift to keep.
Having practiced his skills as a freelance magazine photographer, Andrew always preferred the freedom of not having to work towards a commercial brief.
This eventually led to doing just personal projects, primarily on film, where the joy of craftsmanship can be experienced the most.
Andrew's work received international recognition with a number of awards and publications and has been exhibited in Italy and New York.
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entry description
As the world's most locked down city struggled through over 240 days of heavy restrictions, with limited time outside and scarce options to learn and play for the kids - everyone needed to find their own way to keep going.Small things. Small wins. Like making a space helmet for your child fascinated by the night sky. And a suit. Too bad that the novelty of a costume doesn’t last. Stories however, seem to have worked since forever. So we took the costume and went looking for stories. The good thing is that with a little imagination stories can be found anywhere.
These analogue photographs are the memories from the stories we found. The lockdown has now ended. We’ll outgrow the costume. But the time spent together exploring and imagining is one special gift to keep.
about the photographer
Ukraine born and raised, Andrew Rovenko has been calling Australia home for over 17 years.Having practiced his skills as a freelance magazine photographer, Andrew always preferred the freedom of not having to work towards a commercial brief.
This eventually led to doing just personal projects, primarily on film, where the joy of craftsmanship can be experienced the most.
Andrew's work received international recognition with a number of awards and publications and has been exhibited in Italy and New York.
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