FICTIONAL MEMORIES

Photographer, artist and filmmaker LISA POWERS tells extraordinary stories through a history-inspired lens. Her photographic artwork can be found in private and public collections globally. Commercially, her photographs and artworks have been featured in several publications such as New York Times magazine, Psychology Today, American Photography and most notably Art&Antiques magazine which fuelled her fascination with Imperial China. Lisa Powers has received over 100 prestigious awards for her work, was named The Circle Foundation for the Arts' Photographer of the Year, and awarded Distinction Honours from the Royal Photographic Society, UK. She prefers to work in her studio where she has full control of lighting and composition. She is entirely self-taught, spending hundreds of hours experimenting with lights, film, processing and printing. For ‘FICTIONAL MEMORIES’ she created a pictorial homage to WanRong, The Last Empress of China who died in prison at age 39 of opium withdrawal and severe malnutrition while her husband, Emperor PuYi fled for his life after the Soviet invasion of Beijing. The images are printed on handmade Japanese Washi papers which add softness and vintage look to the photographs. The series has won several awards and has been featured in art galleries and private collections.