m ellen burns is a portrait photographer based in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. Some of her photographic projects span multiple years of documentation with community involvement.
Awards
2011 Semi Finalist, Monster Children Photography Prize
2014 Winner, Photography, Pedestrian.tv Blogster award
2017 Finalist, Olive Cotton Award
2019 Finalist, Olive Cotton Award
2020 Editors Pick, Black & White Award, The Independent Photographer
2021 Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards
2021 Shortlisted, Australian Photography Awards, in collaboration with Melissa Drummond
2022 Finalist, Percival’s Photographic Portrait Prize
2022 Semi Finalist, Head On Photographic Portrait Prize
2022 Shortlisted, Australian Photography Awards
2022 Winner, Photography, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Art Prize
2023 Finalist, Olive Cotton Award
2023 Finalist, Australian Life Photography Competition
2023 Semi Finalist, Head On Photographic Portrait Prize
Publications
2012 1000 Bedrooms, Semi-Permanent - SP Book - 20122013
1000 Bedrooms, Rummage Magazine - Issue 1 (Australia)
2014 1000 Bedrooms, Republica (Italy)
2016 1000 Bedrooms, Rare Bit, Inaugural (Australia)
2018 1000 Bedrooms, Ordinary Magazine - Volume 14 (Korea)
Group Exhibitions
2013 End of the Roll, Kind Of Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
2017 A Place to Call Home, Carraigeworks, NSW
2017 Who Is He?, Contact Sheet, St Leonards, NSW
2018 Artifice x Interface, PACT Salon, Erskineville, NSW
2019 Blue Mountains Portraits, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW
2021 This Changes Everything, In collaboration with Julie Sundberg, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW
Solo Exhibitions
2012 100 Bedrooms, Kind Of Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
2022 No Photos of the Girls, Black Crow Studios, Kalgoorlie WA
2023 Images from 1000 Bedrooms, Goldfields Arts Centre, Kalgoorlie WA
Education
BVA Hons (First Class) Photomedia, Sydney College of the Arts, NSW
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW
Clients
West Australian Opera, West Australian Ballet, Art on The Move, The Goldfields Arts Centre, Elements Arts & Culture, E13 Arts, The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Golden Quest Discovery Trail, Electric Pictures, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitors Centre, Yorgum Healing Services, FAME - Film, Arts, Music in Education