Canberra Times photographer Katherine Griffiths is one of 39 contemporary artists invited by the University of Queensland Art Museum to participate in its fourth biennial national artists' self-portrait prize.
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The $50,000 prize will focus on the prevalence of the self-image in today's networked age.
UQ Art Museum director Dr Campbell Gray said entries were by invitation only, and the winning work would be acquired for the university's art collection.
''The self-image is a pervasive feature of social media and reality television in everyday life,'' Dr Gray said.
''The phenomenon has created an audience primed to consume personal information.''
UQ Art Museum curator and the curator of this year's prize Samantha Littley said the invited artists had been asked to consider how the self-image is constructed and received in contemporary culture, with the theme for this year's prize being remix. post. connect.
Griffiths received her invitation after Ms Littley saw her solo exhibition in Canberra at PhotoAccess, featuring portraits that showed female identity influence and influence of pop culture on girls aged between 12 and and 13.
A graduate of the ANU's visual arts, where she majored in photography and new media arts, Griffiths began working for The Canberra Times last year, and has also spent time overseas as a freelance photographer working with a travel writer. The 25-year-old has held three solo exhibitions and won several photographic competitions.
Griffiths has titled her entry Hyper Aware and in her supporting artist's statement says:
''We have never had so much control over our own image as we do today. Hyper Aware is a self-portrait that explores the ability to construct, manipulate and influence the concept of identity.''
The winner will be announced on October 18. Previous winners include Ben Quilty (2007), Julie Rrap (2009) and Domenico de Clario (2011).
