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Shane Warne 2006 Robin Sellick
Epson ultrachrome print
117 x 100 cm
Adam Scott 2006 Robin Sellick
Epson ultrachrome print
117 x 100 cm
ROBIN SELLICK
Robin Sellick grew up in Broken Hill in outback New South Wales. Since the early 1990s his photographs have received major recognition and accolades in Australia and internationally. In consecutive years, 1990 and 1991, he received the Australian Institute of Professional Photography’s Don Taylor Award for the highest scoring portrait, and the Townsend Award for the highest scoring portfolio of portraits. In 1992 he was awarded a perfect score at the prominent 101st International Exhibition of Professional Photography, held in Chicago. Receiving a Young Achiever Award and Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Grant, Sellick travelled to New York where he worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger and Mary Ellen Mark. In 1994 he returned to Australia. Since this time his work has appeared regularly in numerous Australian and International magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Who Weekly, Australian Style, Q and Rolling Stone. Sellick published his first book Facing in 2004. A major exhibition of his work EPSON presents facing robin sellick, is currently on a two year national tour and an exhibition of new works, CELEBRITY, opens in Melbourne later this year.
"Australians worship sportspeople. Our great writers, artists and scientists are brushed aside in favour of celebrating people, predominantly men, who excel at sport. Is this an antediluvian attitude? Are these the views of a society which still believe men sit above women in the social hierarchy, or are they ideals ahead of their time? A philosophy more attuned to survival in the fast pace of a modern world?
As the ancient civilizations adorned their cities with statues, will we someday post giant billboards, displaying heroic portraits of our sporting elite, throughout the Australian landscape? But what do we really know about the character of these highly-glorifed individuals? And do we really care as long as they keep making it to the winner’s circle, thus giving us our fix of vicarious achievement? What does this tell us about Australian culture?"
~Robin Sellick |
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