Viv Mehes

Artist Statement
I have worked as a documentary photographer since the late 70s. Originally trained as a filmmaker, I use the camera as a traveler, to learn about people and the forces that shape their lives. I work collaboratively with communities and writers on long-term projects to produce exhibitions and publications, creating cultural narratives to understand place and belonging, the themes of migration, displacement, dignity and resilience. Advocacy through storytelling remains at the heart of my practice, producing work that contributes to Australian peoples collective history.

Art Forms

• Media arts

State
Victoria