Rory King’s work sits in the hybrid space between documentary practice and personal narratives fleshed out through an evocative and ambiguous visual discourse. Primarily shooting his work in black and white and driven extensively by traditional photographic techniques, King is interested in the the unseen personalities living on the fringes of society and the tensions between nostalgia, melancholia, and the sublime.
King received the National Gallery of Australia Summer Art Scholarship for photography in 2011, was named one of the up-and-coming artists of 2018 by Vogue, Australia and was recently awarded a Full Merit Scholarship by Charcoal Book Club to attend the 2023, Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review in Montana, USA. He has recently published his debut monograph, ‘Plumwood’ (2022) with Tall Poppy Press.
King graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in Photomedia at National Art School in 2017.
rory.king.art@gmail.com