Hilary Wardaugh: A Meditation of Death

A meditation of death, 2024
digital print on photo rag paper, 81 x 142 cm
$2000

Hilary Wardaugh’s photogaphic work A Meditation of death draws from Maranasati meditation, confronting mortality and violence suffered by the Palestinian people. Through meticulous stencil work and lumen prints, it challenges war’s false resolutions and the ongoing genocide. This work urges empathy, transcending borders, and compels reflection on life’s fragility and the necessity of compassion amid the loss of 24000 people as of 3rd January 2024.

Now on display in the window gallery.

A Meditation of death was a finalist in the 2024 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize presented at the Muswellbrook Regional Gallery.

Hilary Wardhaugh is an Australian photographer based in Canberra whose work explores the complex relationship between humanity and the environment and other more introspective projects viewed through a feminist lens. Her imagery frequently incorporates themes of irony and contradiction and offers a critical perspective on social and environmental issues.

Wardhaugh is a career professional photographer and member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, shooting freelance to various news media agencies. In 2024 the Canberra Critics’ Circle awarded Wardhaugh Canberra Artist of the Year for her work #everydayclimatecrisis.

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