Work on Second Life shortlisted for PhotoCollective's AU&NZ PrePress Book Prize 2024 by Lucas Leo Catalano

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Work on Second Life shortlisted for PhotoCollective's AU&NZ PrePress Book Prize 2024

lucas leo catalano

Aug 25, 2024

Location: Australia

The photobook project I've been working on inside Second Life is reaching maturity this year. I've begun reaching out to publishers and awards with an early dummy. The great people at PhotoCollective, who have graciously taken over the yearly Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards from Momento Pro, have shortlisted my Second Life project for the PrePress category. Many thanks to Angus Scott, Harriet Tarbuck, and Tom Goldner in the shortlisting committee for selecting my dummy.

Regardless of the final results, this is a big milestone for the project. Convincing people that the images are indeed photographs has been a major hurdle. The shortlisting of the dummy legitimises the project's photographic credentials. This proves images taken in Second Life can be viewed with the same visual literacy, comprehension, and sensibility as any other image made in the photographic tradition.

I also want to congratulate everyone else in the shortlist, especially my other fellow West Australians; Chloe Bartram and Ben Reynolds.

Photobook Awards - Photo Collective
Photocollective.com.au

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