Ilsa Wynne-Hoelscher Kidd
Ilsa Wynne-Hoelscher Kidd (b. 1986) is a multi award-winning Australian photographic artist and film director who’s work spans across portraiture, art, fashion, still life and documentary, with a strong aim to capture subjects and narratives true to how she sees and digests the world. Inspired by imperfections and hard truths, shapes and space, and intrigued by the power held in the insignificant, she hopes to document feelings felt in fleeting moments, highlighting the crushing truth that nothing lasts forever.
As a photographer’s daughter, photography was a natural evolution after studying fine arts and building a career in performance and art where narrative has been at the heart of all expression. She observed from a young age analogue photographic work and art direction, from concept creation to making prints in the home darkroom. Her love of the format was undeniable, and her way of seeing became more distinctive as a storyteller over time.
Now a mother of two, her work pulses within the heart of womanhood and symbols of life, offering viewers a feminine glance through the lens whether it be through a detailed long-from photographic series, an insightful cutaway or a moving picture directed in ways that align with her still photography practices and eye. She naturally leans towards capturing the essence of a concept, looking for the honesty in the in-between, the silence, the overlooked, and works her composition to deliver in a sometimes crude but alluring cinema-verite style.
As a female artist she feels intrinsically tied to her work, knowing it moves with her and through her, an ever-changing motion within, an awareness that her artistic process is creating her own personal blueprint.
