Digital Catalogue: 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Effy Alexakis
b. 1957 Sydney NSW, lives Arcadia NSW
Ken Unsworth in triptych, 2024
pigment print on cotton rag
Image courtesy of the artist © Effy Alexakis
Artist Statement
Ken Unsworth is a well-respected and inspiring artist who lives and breathes in his art and creativity. He is in his nineties and still producing new work. I first met him when I was an art student over forty years ago, and felt privileged to meet him recently and to photograph him. I decided on a triptych to show a more complete and rounded portrait.
About the Artist
Documentary photographer, Effy Alexakis, is represented in collections including the National Gallery of Australia, State Library of New South Wales, and Macquarie University Art Collection. Since early 1980s, Alexakis has become particularly well-known for capturing the diversity of Greek-Australian life, both within the nation and internationally.
Photography critic Robert McFarlane has suggested that whilst Alexakis utilises a “classical photojournalist’s visual grammar, her work evidences a clear sense of humanity... her portraiture has been singled out for its concise observation and natural rapport – they are portraits not only of likeness, but evoking a sense of personal gravitas, observational esteem, and dignity”
Andrew Rovenko
The Party
Mika Nakamura-Mather
Those sacred days you gave me
Torin Ward
Nocturne (Chiyoda)