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Lorena
Carrington in “Write on the Fringe Festival”
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headline for media: Brave Girls on Display)
Lorena
Carrington is a local photographer who focuses primarily on strong girls in
fairy tales. Her work is on display in the main foyer of the Bendigo Library as
part of the “Write on the fringe
festival” until the 31 August. Although this is the first time Lorena has
shown her work locally in Bendigo, she has had work shown in her hometown of
Castlemaine previously and hopes to again next year.
Strong girls
in fairy tales are not often captured, but Lorena Carrington has created the
images from stories that have been overlooked in the golden age of fairy tales
and exhibits them in her work “Stepping from the shadows: Brave girls of
fairytales”. A mother of two young girls, Lorena wanted them to know that women
didn’t always have to be the damsel in distress and that fairy tales exist for
strong, independent girls on adventure.
Lorena’s
photography is breathtakingly eerie and beautiful all at the same time. Lorena
uses digital montaging to create her works, adding to the feeling of fairy tale
ideals. Her daughters are used a lot in her work as they are her inspiration
behind what she does. Lorena’s next challenge is to collate an anthology of
short stories about strong girls in fairy tales throughout history, finding that
most so far have come from places like Scotland and Ireland.
For more
information please contact the Bendigo Library (03) 5449 2700 or the festival website at www.writeonthefringe.tumblr.com.
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