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    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
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    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered”
    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
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    From the series “Counted, Graded, Numbered” | DER GREIF
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    Practicing Photography

    Artist Blog by Minami Ivory

    I majored in Painting while attending art school in the 2000s. Photography wasn’t on my radar, but I enjoyed manipulating images in Photoshop. Back then, I used photographs taken with a point-and-shoot camera, layering and editing them in Photoshop before printing them out to collage, paint, and draw upon. At that time, photography and digital imagery served as the foundation for my painting.

    After graduating, I pursued a teaching degree. Once I entered the teaching profession, I stopped creating altogether. I didn’t see myself as an artist – I was simply content to have a career that involved creativity in some way. When my first child was born in 2012, I bought an Olympus OM-D. My father had always taken photos of us with his SLR throughout the '80s and '90s, so it felt natural to get something similar. Around that time, Instagram was just taking off, and I began posting my images online.

    I was fortunate to meet some incredible photographers in Australia, who inspired me to take photography seriously by the end of 2021. In 2022, I started a series called “Counted, Graded, Numbered” – my first serious body of work in fifteen years.

    “Counted, Graded, Numbered” was a deeply personal project, documenting my journey through the clinical and sterile process of IVF, as well as the physical and emotional pain that came with it. Creating the series felt like a school project – I had to learn a great deal as I went along, which is reflected in the inconsistencies in style, lighting, and tone. Still, a few strong images emerged, and more importantly, it was a necessary and rewarding step in my artistic journey.

    Over the past three years, as I’ve fully dedicated myself to photography, I’ve come to see lighting the way I once viewed brush techniques in painting – it requires knowledge, practice, and persistence to develop a personal style, just like any medium. Capturing a subject creates line, shape, and form, while composition communicates ideas and meaning. For me, tone plays as crucial a role in photography as color does in painting.

    My shift in practice has expanded my ability to explore more complex ideas and issues in my work. Without photography, I’m not sure how I would have been able to express personal trauma and narrative as effectively through my art.

    Minami Ivory is part of »Guest Room: Aaron Stern«. Check out herArtist Feature Weapon of Choice.

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    Minami Ivory

    Minami Ivory is a photographic artist based in Tasmania, Australia. Born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan, she moved to Australia at the age of fifteen. Her practice blends analogue and digital photography, incorporating paint, text, and collage to deepen meaning. Centered on issues affecting women in Japanese society, her work has been showcased in art prizes and photography festivals both nationally and internationally.