26 year old Australian photographer Bridget Mac rose to prominence in 2010 winning the Australian National Portrait Gallery’s Youth Self Portrait prize with her image ‘Masculine Feminine’,...
Digital print from colour reversal film
Image taken from series 'VACANT'. Exhibited at China Heights Galley, March 2010. Sydney Australia.
This series of empty shop windows were taken on main streets in different cities around Australia. My idea came about because I wanted to capture something in these rooms that not many people would usually stop to look at. Like most people, I assumed that an empty space is an empty space, noting more, but as I shot more and more of these shops I couldn't help but be moved by the personal touches that still remain.