Kerry Mansfield
Aftermath (Series)
DESCRIPTION
As a photographer, I've spent most of my career looking deeply into the spaces we inhabit and exploring the idea of Home. But at the age of 31, a diagnosis of breast cancer forced me to redefine my thinking. Faced with the nihilistic process of radical chemotherapy and surgery, my ideas of where I exist turned inward. As the treatment broke down the physical structure in which I lived, the relationship between the cellular self and the metaphysical self became glaringly clear.
It was in that spirit of unknown endings, that I picked up my camera to self document the catharsis of my own cancer treatment. No one was there when these pictures were made, just my dissolving ideas of self and a camera. And what began as a story that could have ended in many ways, this chapter, like my treatment, has now run its course. While I can't say everything is fine now, I will say, "These are the images of my Home - as it was then", and with a little luck, there will be no more to come.
AUTHOR
HONORS & AWARDS:
2018 PX3 Annual Awards: Bronze Book Prize
Baum Award for Emerging Photographer: Nominee
One Eyeland Annual: Bronze Award for Conceptual Category
World Photography Organization Awards (WPO), Professional Portrait Category: Shortlist Top 10
LensCulture “Emerging Talent Top 50”
PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, Professional Fine Art Still Life Category: Silver Award
Worldwide Photography Gala Awards ‘6th Edition Julia Margaret Cameron Award: 3rd Place
IPA Lucie Awards, Professional Fine Art Still Life Category: Honorable Mention
IPA Lucie Awards, Fine Art Still Life Professional: Honorable Mention
Grand Prix de la Decouverte International Fine Art Photography Award: Finalist
World Photography Organization Awards (WPO), Professional Documentary Category: Shortlist
New York Photo Awards: Documentary Category Finalist
WPO Professional Documentary Portrait Category: Shortlist Top 10
LensCulture International Exposure Awards: Grand Prize Single Image
IPA Lucie Awards, Fine Art Professional Self-Portrait category: 1st Place
Worldwide Photography GALA Awards: The Storyteller: 1st Place
Worldwide Photography GALA Awards: ‘The Julia Margaret Cameron Award’: Top 10
SOLO SHOWS
2017 Themes + Projects Gallery, CA
2016 La Quatrieme Image, Paris, France
2016 Arezzo e Fotografia, Arezzo, Italy
2016 SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
2015 Expired, Corden Potts Gallery, CA
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