Ppe Pandemic & Conflict Portraits

• Photographer
  Sarah Cusack
• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art / Other

Digital photograms of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn by Australian frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. And similar to those worn in recent conflict zones providing aid. PPE provides protection from infectious particles but not from physical dangers and varying psycho emotional states suffered over time from working in these conditions. The diaphanousness of PPE allows a photographic inverse seen with the darkroom technique of creating photograms. A digital process also allows an inverse of colour & luminosity while maintaining a likeness to medical imaging.