Gold in Special/Macro / 2025 / Special / Macro

• Prize
  Gold in Special/Macro, 1st Place winner in Special
• Photographer
  Aurelie Beeston, Australia
• Website
  https://aureliebeeston.myportfolio.com/
• Instagram
  @whisperandsing

“Women belong in the kitchen.”

For generations, the home has been a place of confinement, a space where labor is expected but dismissed. The woman was an alchemist of the everyday, her only world being the domestic sphere.
In “view from", I reclaim that space. Chemicals used in domestic work become a world of my own making. In these crystal-scapes, the everyday chemicals grow over make-up, rust, watercolours,... These fragile and shifting forms mirror the resilience of women who redefine their roles despite imposed boundaries.

Women were never meant to stay in the kitchen.

I am a photographer who blends historical photographic processes and contemporary techniques. Born in France and now living in Australia, I explore the interplay of light, chemistry and nature to create evocative and timeless images.

Awards 2025 Finalist Nyland Prize, Australia.
2025 Finalist Du Rietz Awards, Australia.
2025 Finalist Fairlhome Art Prize.
2024 Finalist Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, Australia
2024 Finalist Du Rietz Awards, Australia
Finalist & Highly commended awards - Nyland Prize, Australia
2024 Shortlisted - Experimental photography category - Australian Photography Awards
2024 Finalist Fairholme Art Prize.
2014 Winner - Emerging wedding photographer of the year - Capture Magazine - Australia
2014 Finalist - Emerging landscape photographer of the year - Capture Magazine - Australia
2013 - Voted one of the “30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography in the world” - Rangefinder Magazine - USA
2013 Runner-up - Emerging wedding photographer of the year - Capture Magazine - Australia
2013 Finalist - Emerging landscape photographer of the year - Capture Magazine - Australia
Runner-up QLD Wedding photographer of the year - QLD Professional Photography Awards, Australia