“Replace the fear of the unknown with curiosity”
Molly Harris is an award winning Australian documentary photographer. She uses her photography as a platform to help people tell their story. She has a strong interest in marginalisation and community.
Solo Exhibitions
Being Sandra, Miss Gladys Sym Choon, FEAST Festival, 21st Oct - 30th Oct 2016
Being Sandra, Tin Cat Cafe, SALA Festival, 18th Aug - 14th Sep 2016
Awards
First Place, Portrait Prize, Head On Photo Festival, 2015
Finalist, Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women, 2017
Finalist, Emma Hack Art Prize, 2016
Finalist, William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, 2015
Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize, 2015
Semi Finalist, Doug Moran Photographic Prize, 2015
Finalist, Prospect Portrait Prize, 2015
Finalist, Incinerator Art Prize, Art for Social Change, 2015
Finalist, Sun Studios Assistant and Emerging Photographer Prize, 2015
First Place, Australia's Top Emerging Photographer (student category), 2014
Finalist, Duo Magazine Percival Photographic Prize, 2014
Finalist, National Portrait Gallery Photographic Portrait Prize, 2013
Finalist, Doug Moran Photographic, 2013
First Prize National Campus Art Prize, 2012
Peoples Choice National Campus Art Prize, 2012
Publicity and Publications
Vice Australia, Focus Point, February 8th, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/VICEAustralia/videos/595860973945842/
Buzz Feed, May 4, 2015
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/this-beautiful-image-of-a-transgender-woman-shows-strength#.xj2AlzZYZ
The Daily Telegraph, May 4th, 2015
http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/head-on-photo-festival-portrait-winner-depicts-transgender-woman-who-was-in-air-force-for-37-years/story-fni0cx4q-1227334482461
ABC News, May 4th, 2015
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-01/transgender-pilot-pic-wins-head-on-portrait-prize/6438118
Closer to Heaven - A Photo Essay
Aspire Magazine, Dec/Jan 2014/15
Emerging Photographer, The Annual
Capture Magazine - The Annual, Dec 2014
First Person, Ross Fargher
The London Financial Times, Weekend Magazine, 9th Aug 2014
The Evening Show with Peter Goers, 23rd July 2014
ABC Radio, Live Interview
Closer to Heaven - Interview on Taggle Talk Blog, 26th June 2014
http://taggletalk.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/closer-to-heaven-by-molly-harris/
Weird & Wonderful, June/July 2014
Aspire Magazine, June/July 2014
Top Emerging Photographer student category prize
Capture Magazine, May 2014
The Adelaide Review, May 2014
http://www.adelaidereview.com.au
Age of Abuse by Columbia University, Chicago, April 2014
http://cccradiodoc.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/australian-photographer-molly-harris-closer-to-heaven-gets-intimate-with-heroin/
National Photographic Portrait prize review: austere aesthetics in the age of the selfie, The Guardian, Andrew Frost, 15th April 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/australia-culture-blog/2014/apr/15/national-photographic-portrait-prize-review-austere-aesthetics-in-the-age-of-the-selfie
University of South Australia News, Achievements and Announcements, March 2014
http://w3.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2014/March/story6.asp#Arts_grad_chosen
Grants
Arts SA Individual Maskers and Presenters Development Grant, Feb 2017
Arts SA Individual Makers and Presenters Project Grant, July 2016
Art Start Grant Recipient, Australian Council of the Arts, March 2015
Project and Development Grant, Carclew, August 2014
Individual Art Grant, Port Adelaide Enfield Council, July 2014
Mentorship Scheme, Helpmann Academy, June 2014
Education and Development
Masterclass with Richard Dumas, Eyes in Progress, Berlin 2017 (Upcoming)
Masters in Curatorial and Museum Studies, Adelaide University, 2017 (Current)
Masterclass withAnders Peterson, Eyes in Progress, Paris 2016
Advanced Studio Lighting, Centre of Creative Photography, 2015
Masterclass with Stephen Dupont and Jack Picone, Burma, September 2014
Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of South Australia, 2014
Group Exhibitions
Maggie Diaz Photography prize fro Women, Brightspace, St Kilda, Victoria, 2017
Head on Portrait Prize in Retrospect, The Old Rum Store, Chippendale, Sydney, 2016
Emma Hack Art Prize, The Adelaide Festival Centre, SA, 2016
Head on Festival Portrait Prize, Museum of Sydney, NSW, 2015
Photoville, New York City, USA, 2015
Bowness Photography Prize, MGA - Monash Gallery of Art, VIC, 2015
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, The Arts Centre, QLD, 2015
Incinerator Art Prize, Art for Social Change, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, VIC, 2015
Head on Festival Portrait Prize, Museum of Sydney, NSW, 2015
Duo Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Pinnacles Gallery, QLD, 2014
National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, 2014
National Photographic Portrait Prize, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2014
National Photographic Portrait Prize, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra, NSW, 2014
National Photographic Portrait Prize, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC, 2014
National Photographic Portrait Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Davenport, TAS, 2014
Doug Moran Finalist Exhibition, Juniper Hall, Oxford Street, NSW, 2013
Kodak Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, VIC, 2013
Full Circle, Graduate Exhibition, SA, 2013
Kodak Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, VIC, 2012
National Campus Art Prize, Kuarna Building, SA ,2012