Talia Smith
By Ashley
| Published Friday, 27 May, 2011
Talia is in her third year studying photography at Unitec. The approach to her photographs is simple: capturing the absurdity of the banal. Her photography projects feature the everyday displays of home, emotion, and artifacts. She plays on a bit of irony in her photographs, by capturing uncomplicated settings that contain intricate undertones. Her series work runs with strong themes that are aesthetically charming. The mental juxtaposition of the simplicity and irrationality of everyday creates a stimulating photographic motif. On a personal level, her work characterises her own “conflict of identity”, as she comes from a half European/2nd generation Pacific Islander lineage. Talia has a graphic design background, which she likes to include in her work. Her interests for the future lie in an interactive experience for her viewers, and she plans to move towards installation and video creation.
