Fine Art nominee

The Drowning Noun is a series of still life images constructed from found objects. Each object is then presented in an abstract alternate form questioning their original intention or perceived meaning. Inspired by the Zen Buddhist koan, each image holds no definitive interpretation and is purely open to each individual and what experience they endeavour to embrace.

Brett Canét-Gibson is a photographer and visual artist who has produced numerous photo and editorial essays for both national and international publications. He was shortlisted for the 2015,2016 and 2017 National Photographic Portrait Prize and exhibited at the NPG in Canberra, awarded People’s Choice for the Head On Photo Awards Festival - the nation’s most prestigious showcase for global photography, finalist of the PCP’s Iris Award, and winner of the City of Swan’s Art Award for Most Outstanding Work and Winner for the 2016 Percival Portrait Prize.