Chester Fields 2021:
Be Your Selves
Chester Fields is an initiative of The Polygon Gallery that encourages the development of visionary young photographers, giving them an opportunity to show their work on a professional platform. Teen artists from across the region are invited to submit original works of photographic art in response to a theme. All submittals are reviewed by a jury of artists and arts professionals, who select works to be shown in both virtual and onsite exhibitions.
The longlist below showcases the submittals chosen by the jury. An in-person exhibition of the shortlisted artists will be shown at The Polygon Gallery August 14 to 29, 2021.
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The theme for this year’s Chester Fields Teen Photography Program is Be Your Selves. Students were invited to submit self-portraits showing sides of their identities that the camera would not normally capture.
Identities are complex, evolving things. There’s the persona that we show to the world when we leave the house. There are things we choose to present, and other things beyond our control. There are also hidden aspects that make us who we are: our hobbies, dreams, memories, experiences, and lineage.
With tremendous thanks to our jurors: photographer Jeff Downer, artist and designer Natalie Purschwitz, and Capture Photography Festival Executive Director Emmy Lee Wall. Our gratitude extends to the teachers across the Lower Mainland and beyond who encouraged their students to take part. To the nearly 130 artists who submitted work to this year’s competition: thank you for participating wholeheartedly.
Header image credit: Amy Romer
Chester Fields 2021 Longlist
Ana Balanciuc, "Burnt Away..."
Kiera Braniff, "Cursed Room"
Kailin Chen, "Untitled"
Erin Cho-Siksik, "Untitled"
Kate Davies, "Lost of Identity"
Aisha dela Cuesta, "Victorian", "Rococo", "Regency", "1920", and "1950"
Talia Facey, "Reflection Of Me"
Stella Fehr, "im a little blurry"
Farinaz Fesaharakizadeh, "یدازآ"
Diego Foot Epp, "Happy Place"
Celine Feng, "Untitled"
Fraser Harding, "Untitled"
Alisha Hickson, "Untitled"
Ava Hsieh, "The Colourful Unknown"
Gabby Joyce, "Discovery"
Vienna Lara-Faure, "Encontrarse"
Abby Lundquist, "Lonesome"
Bridget Loken, "Untitled"
Kevin McNamara, "It’s All In Your Head"
Kateryna Polianska, "Pride in silence"
Sophie Power, "See Through Curtains"
Caroline Ren, "Untitled"
Kaia Rasmussen, "Untitled"
Maria Renee Campoy Ponce, "Sharing Life"
Meghan Romano, "Failed Artist"
Talya Rosenfeld, "Untitled"
Emilia Taylor, "Unknown Future"
Alexandria Veitch, "Untitled"
Leo Wang, "斑驳"
Nina Winckler, "Untitled"
Tina Xia, "Untitled"
Deqa Youssouf, "BubbleWrap"
Ben Lambie, "Split History"
Alexia Lines, "Synesthesia"
Luke Nash, "Darkness"
Evan MacNair, "Screened"
Andrea Ravazzani, "Appartenenza"
Sally Sapinski, "double sided"
Lily Taylor, "The ears and the Nose"
Vida Teimourtash, "Escaping from my mind"
Angel Wang, "Untitled"
Sabrina Wu, "Self-Entwined"
Asalah Youssef, "Ecosomatic Self"
Jasmine Yu, "Frightened", "Virgin", "Under the Flash", and "Juvenile"
Ariel Zang, "Faceless"