"To make enduring photographs, one must learn to see with one’s mind’s eye, for the heart and the mind are the true lens of the camera. " - Yousuf Karsh
Biography
Jodie Harris is an Indigenous Photographer with Yamatji, Wadjari heritage. She lives and works on Bundjalung Country where she is known for her emotive photography that crosses genres of Environmental Portraiture, Social Documentary, Experimental and Still Life. Through her skilful use of light, shadow and composition Jodie’s photography draws the viewer into a conversation that moves through and creates an experience of each image.
Jodie’s work is both personal and political often working on her own long form series as well as commissioned projects.
AWARDS
- National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 - Finalist
- 29th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2012 - Finalist
- BSG Picture This 2012 - Finalist
Group Shows
2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2024 Along the Horizon, Roxy Gallery,Kyogle, NSW
2023 Fire Stories, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW
2021 Head On, Photo Festival, Sydney, NSW
2019 104 Live and Die, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW
2012 29th Telstra National Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Art Award,
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
2012 For We Are Young and Free, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Victoria
2012 First– Emerging Indigenous Art, Love Studio, Brisbane
2012 Picture This, Brunswick Street Gallery,Fitzroy, Melbourne
2011 Foreign Correspondence Club, Phnom Penh,Cambodia
2011 Untold Stories, Queensland Centre forPhotography, Brisbane, Australia
2011 Finding Biloela: A Photo Documentary, ArtFactory Gallery, South Brisbane, Aus
2011 66%, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane,Australia
2011 Departure, Queensland College of Art,Brisbane, Australia
2010 unFamiliar, Queensland College of Art,Brisbane, Australia
2010 Revealed Cities, Glow Gallery, Brisbane,Australia
2009 A Collective Sigh..., Queensland College ofArt, Brisbane, Australia
ONLINE
2020 InsideLockdown – Kyogle
SOLO SHOWS
2011 Consciencefor Cambodia, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane Australia.
2011 Conscience for Cambodia, Foreign Correspondent Club, Phnom Penh,Cambodia.