2024 Nyland Prize Catalogue

01 | Wasted Beauty | Orlando Luminere | $900 | Camera obscura digital made from kitchen rubbish bin and other urban waste

An unarguably beautiful landscape is kaleidoscopically reflected on the insides of a discarded steel waste bin, now fashioned into a camera obscura.

This waste bin is a metonym for our propensity to validate beauty with short-lived smartphones and even shorter-lived social media likes.

I urge you to ask how you experience and value beauty.