Beauty amongst the struggle
Katie Robertson
297mm x 420mm /
Photography and New Media
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Mesmerised by the vibrant neon hues, I drove down Wild’s Road, Dalby and question how can something so beautiful be so tragic and heartbreaking at the same time? Mother Nature has painted the perfect rural summer sunset after the storm yet nobody’s happy.
While the glistening reflections of saffron and magenta capture my eye across the flooded field, it illuminates the reality of struggle and despair hidden amongst the beauty. Prayers for rain have been answered yet ignored. The deluge has now relinquished any hope the farmer once had for a successful crop. Mother Nature has a twisted sense of humour.
About the artist
Katie Robertson is a self-taught, amateur photographer specialising in rural lifestyle and landscape photography. Residing in Dalby, Queensland, Robertson’s artistic storytelling journey is captured through her lens by exploring unique and raw elements of modern-day rural life of the people and land around her; expressing what she loves the most.