Fresh out of university and with three years of photos documenting the relationship between herself and her husband Sean Davey, Aishah Kenton put together an exhibition called To Whom It May Concern.
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Made up of black and white images printed in numerous types of formats, the exhibition took the every day and at times intimate moments, usually only witnessed by the people experiencing and showcased them.
It's been just over a year since these images were first exhibited as part of Australian National University School of Art & Design Graduation Show and have been exhibited twice more since - once again in Canberra and also in Melbourne.
However, when Kenton submitted the body of work to the annual Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review, she didn't think it would amount to much.
Held in Montana, America, the review sees hundreds of people worldwide apply to take part in the six-night retreat. Only 58 are selected to spend time with some of the most respected and influential artists, bookmakers, gallerists and curators in contemporary photography.
"It was also a bit of a surprise to be selected because I submitted a body of work that I made out of uni that I really loved and I kind of haven't looked at for a while," Kenton says.
"It was a nice surprise as well for getting that body of work selected. What I loved about it is the fact that it was about our relationship and just our daily lives. I'm very much interested in personal documentary work and finding inspiration for my photographs through my life. Instead of going somewhere else it's always just my immediate environment that I get my inspiration."
The catch, however, is that while there is one full and a few partial scholarships up for grabs, other participants have to pay their way to Chico.
"When I applied for the review, knowing that if I didn't get the scholarship, I wouldn't necessarily be able to go. It's about $10,000 all up to go," Kenton says.
"So when I got the email about being selected I was more happy about being selected than being able to go because I can't.
"Just to have the work seen from a different perspective - outside of Australia and somewhere more photographically diverse - was really huge for me. The work hasn't really been seen outside of Australia."
For now, Kenton will have to focus on her next project which she is working on with husband Sean Davey. Almost as a follow on from To Whom It May Concern, the duo's project One, Another captures intimate moments between the pair - from two points of view. The plan is for the photos to be displayed along Lake Burley Griffin as part of Contour 556 festival.
"I think it's a really important body of work because over history there have been many male photographers photographing their muses and there's never been a change around," Kenton says.
"So with this, we get to be presented in a way that we like to be presented. We're both very much comfortable with photographing each other in intimate moments it doesn't necessarily feel wrong to show it with everyone else. It just feels natural."