Bundanon

LeAnne Vincent is a photography-based environmental artist working in Queensland on Yuggera country. Her practice is engaged with the landscape in anthropogenic biomes, investigating human connection to nature and place, and associated themes of solastalgia and biophilia.

Initially working with film and printing in the darkroom, her work has developed into a much broader practice working across digital, video, and camera-less photography. Influenced by Anna Atkins — a Botanist and first-known female photographer who documented algae in 1843 using cyanotype photograms — she uses the same technique as an extension of her photography practice to reveal the fragile lifeforms of urban ecosystems.

She holds a Bachelor of Photography from Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, where she studied art theory and majored in photographic art practice. She has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, achieved several awards, and her work is held in public and private collections.

In Residence at Bundanon

Using my previously developed construction techniques for collaging cyanotype photograms, I aim to extend this work across multiple media and processes. I plan to combine various light-sensitive materials with video, sound recordings, projection, and interactive lighting as a starting point to creating a large-scale immersive installation.

My research will focus on psychoterratic diseases, where changing landscapes, due to natural causes or human interaction, trigger emotional distress in humans and manifest as eco-anxiety, topophilia, and solastalgia. I will explore new approaches and frameworks to express these concepts in my work and to investigate my emotional and physical responses to being engaged with the natural environment of Bundanon.