Sydney-based artist Gabriella Lo Presti was well aware of her place as an outsider when she started photographing rural Australian towns — in fact she based her debut solo show around it. The title From Away is taken from the phrase used by locals to refer to anyone not from their community. With an understanding and appreciation for her outsider role Gabriella was able to capture something special from what locals considered commonplace. The hauntingly quiet series serves as a time capsule of rural Australia’s past but also an understanding of all of our futures, that perhaps someday everything will become desolate and undervalued.
Gabriella Lo Presti’s ‘From Away’ opens at China Heights on October 26 from 6–8pm and continues by appointment until November 4.
