Evelyn Jean WHITE Waste-Scapes 2025 pigment ink-jet prints unframed 42.0 x 59.4 cm (each) ed. 1/1 collection of the artist courtesy of the artist
This artwork was a finalist in our annual TOPshots competition and exhibition held in the MAPh Atrium Gallery, 11 March – 4 May 2026.
TOPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photo-media artists selected from a large pool of entries. 2026 marks the 18th anniversary of this award and exhibition, which showcases exceptional photographic work produced by students who have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects of Art Making and Exhibiting, Art Creative Practice and Media, as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) subject of Visual Arts and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) subject of Visual Arts.
Artist statement Waste-scapes is an investigation of the detrimental impact of humans on the natural world through the production of ten A3 photographs. As a young person I am really concerned for the environment. To create this body of work, I photographed the natural world, capturing how beautiful and dramatic our natural landscape can be. I photographed sunsets and the night sky taken in my front yard in the outer Northern Suburbs, and the rivers of Warburton. I then reconstructed these landscapes out of rubbish I collected throughout the year, and captured them in the Photographic studio, showing what the natural environment could become if we don't act now.
