Photographer turns artists’ studios upside down

Robyn Stacey gives new life to the 16th camera obscura, creating room-sized images of famous artists studios.
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Inside Wendy & Brett Whiteley Library, Lavender Bay, 2016. (once the studio of Brett Whiteley; courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery Sydney

Since 2013, Sydney-based photographer Robyn Stacey has been turning people’s worlds upside down – literally.

Using a Camera Obscura technique, which depends on the projection properties of a pinhole of light, Stacey takes a room and projects its surrounding exterior on to its internal walls. She then photographs this fusion of reality and illusion.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina