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Counted, Graded, Numbered #13

In the lab, embryos are counted, graded and numbered. They’re stored frozen together in the dark and quiet room like icy poles at night. Throughout the fertility treatments, I just continued to swallow my embryos. The purpose became obscure. It became so painful that I just wanted it to be over.

Awards

Photographer of the Year Contest

2024

Honorable Mention

Storytelling

Non Professional

Counted, Graded, Numbered #13

In the lab, embryos are counted, graded and numbered. They’re stored frozen together in the dark and quiet room like icy poles at night. Throughout the fertility treatments, I just continued to swallow my embryos. The purpose became obscure. It became so painful that I just wanted it to be over.

About Artist

Minami Ivory

Minami Ivory is a photographic artist and an Art educator who resides in Tasmania, Australia. She was born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan and moved to Australia at the age of 15. She began working with a camera as her main tool in 2022, influenced by some photographic artists in Australia. Her practice ranges from analogue to digital photography. The mixture of analogue and digital images are used to convey meanings and the use of paint, texts and collage is apparent. In a current series ‘Weapon of choice’ Ivory uses self-portrait and symbolism in her work to portray characteristics of subjects, often herself being represented in a form of fruit. Her works are drawn from notions of cultural identity and issues on Japanese women in the society. Minami’s work has been displayed in exhibitions, art prizes and photography festivals both nationally and internationally.

Minami Ivory

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film/Analog, Portrait, Still Life

Location

Australia

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