The Eye

• Photographer
  Yasmin Crawford
• Prize
  Silver in Science / Other
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.yascrawford.com/

Threatening visual stimuli can evoke innate defensive behaviours (freeze and escape) in rodents, so the neurons were rearranged to form an eye, a metaphorical and symbolic reflection of the extraordinary story of the visual exploration of the mouse eye. It is an exploration of all that is hidden and cannot normally be seen by the naked eye. Collaborating with the Australian Neuronal Signalling Group (ANSG), John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ‘The Eyes I-III’ were created for a journal front cover.

• Biography
  Yas Crawford is an internationally awarded photographer who has exhibited in the UK and Europe. Crawford is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and a Fellow of the Geological Society. She was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales where the landscape and biological make-up have subliminally influenced her work. With a degree in Geology and a master’s in Photography, Crawford has worked in various life sciences business roles and is now working in what she calls ‘The Grey Space’ in-between disciplines. Crawford's research touches on mapping evolutionary change and the impact it has on mankind.
• Awards
  Camelback Gallery Bronze Award, Arizona, Abstract in Blue, Aug. 2022 Alternative Processes. Finalist for Women's History Month with Nature Energy technology. Apr. 2022 Budapest International Foto Awards, Silver Award (BIFA) for a Personal Portfolio. The Edge of Sentience. Dec 2021 Tokyo International Awards, Honorable mention.TIFA. Fine Art Abstract. Torn I 2021 Land Air 4.0 Quasi Quadro Award. Nature, Technology, Energy. Winner of the Solo Exhibition, Turin Italy. Inception I & II & Solo Exhibition, Cellular Flow, I've been thinking... Quasi Quadro Artist Award. QQ ART Art of Neurosciences Award 2021, Winning image 2021. 'Cognition IX'. Netherlands Institute of Neurosciences. Artfolio 2021, Best in Show of 100 international abstract artists. Torn I & Cognition VII Moscow International Foto Awards, Silver Award (MIFA) Science -Medical. Blood, Cells & Neurons Dec 2021. Tokyo International Awards, Honorable mentions (TIFA). Honorable mentions for the image Oxygen Ib . 2020. Artist of the Future Award - Contemporary Art Curator Magazine. Blood Cells & Neurons . 2020. AAP Magazine, Modern Photographer 2020-Present. A Biological Journey. AAP Magazine #14, Colours, Merit Award for the image 'Pthalo Blue' 2020 Royal Photographic Society, Science Photographer of the Year 2019 Finalist. Image, Oxygen Ib. Guardian 14 Aug 2019. 15th Pollux Awards Honourable Mention for Alternative Processes during Lockdown. Series Lombardy. 2020 Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. ARPS Nov 2019 - Present