Stephanie Richter

Hi I’m Steph (she/her), living and working on unceded land of the Wurundjeri in Naarm (Melbourne). I work across lens-based, cameraless and alternative photographic techniques, photobook and printmaking. Hybrid processes are my jam.

Over the past year I have been exploring alternative photographic processes within my domestic environment. Using the sun, a range of light-sensitive materials, plants, objects and detritus from around my house. This exploration produced the series 'Capturing light: backyard experiments in lumen printing' a hand-made photobook that won the 'Best use of natural light' award at the 2017 CCP Salon, the 25th iteration of the annual open-entry competition and exhibition. To see my works (and works-in-progress) see the PROJECTS menu.

I have 10 years experience as the Education & Public Programs Coordinator at MGA: the Australian home of photography. Alongside my role at MGA, I taught a range of Diploma and Cert IV level Photo Imaging units to a diverse cohort of students at Melbourne Polytechnic and Chisholm Institute. I founded and coordinate the Melbourne branch of the Photobook Club which has recently reached the milestone of five years of bi-monthly meetups for a total of 25 events.

I love to travel and experience new cultures, and make a few photographs while I’m there! Check out my travel pics under the DESTINATIONS menu.

Say hello: hello@stephanierichter.net

Awards

Winner - Best use of natural light for the photobook Capturing Light: backyard experiments in lumen printing, self-published 2017, CCP Salon 2017. Judges: Hoda Afshar, Artist; Elias Redstone, Independent Curator; Pippa Milne, CCP Curator

Open entry/Group exhibitions

2018 Don’t Take Pictures, selected for online exhibition LUMENS
2017 CCP Salon, Melbourne Winner - Best use of natural light
2016 CCP Salon, Melbourne
2016 On Reading: Photobooks, The Photography Room Canberra
2016 #memory_archive Photobook Melbourne
2015 CCP Salon, Melbourne
2015 The Staff show (Chisholm Institute), Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong

Education

2013 Certificate IV TAE Training and Assessment, Monash Short Courses Centre, Melbourne
2011 Graduate Certificate of Museum Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne
2005 Advanced Diploma of Photography, Photography Studies College, Melbourne

Find Steph on instagram for travel snaps @aniesassemblage