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PHOTOGRAPHER Ceberio Johnson with his prize winning self-portrait at Frankston Arts Centre. Picture: Supplied
Striking self-portrait secures art award A PHOTOGRAPHER has been named the winner of Frankston Arts Centre’s open exhibition prize. Ceberio Johnson won the award for his self-portrait photograph Ceb and Early. The photo was taken using a remote and tripod. Johnson, who lives with blindness, said the photograph proved challenging because his dog kept trying to knock over the tripod. “I gave him a treat to
make him good. He is a very beautiful dog but at one time no one wanted him and he wandered the streets. We feel happy because we are together and together we belong,” he said. Competition judge Suzette Weane said the piece stood out because “in a cultural landscape saturated by posed and edited selfies, this self-portrait stands out for the joy and spontaneity of its subjects—a young blind
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man and his dog. It captures Ceberio Johnson’s remarkable fortitude and optimism.” The prize for winning is an exhibition and opening event at Frankston Arts Centre next year, as well as a cash prize of $1000. Artworks entered into the open competition are now showing at Frankston Arts Centre’s Cube 37 Gallery. The exhibition closes Thursday 25 August.