Arrayah Loynd

. 2025 RHONDA WILSON AWARD Arrayah Loynd @arrayahloyndphotographer We are delighted to name Arrayah Loynd as the recipient of the 2024 Rhonda Wilson Award. This year, the award includes the following: $3,000 cash 12 months arts coaching/mentoring Scholarship to attend FotoFest Meeting Place 12 months online promotion Stay tuned for upcoming posts, as we share more information about Arrayah Loynd, and her work. Huge thanks to the award sponsors: @klompchinggallery @fotofest @darren_ching_nyc The award was shortlisted by Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching, with the recipient selected by David Campany. #rhondawilsonaward #arrayahloynd #klompchinggallery @genesis_imaging #photoaward #photonews #supportingartists #contemporaryart #photography #contemporaryart

So happy! My series AND THEN YOU WERE GONE has won 2nd Place Series in the LensCulture Art Awards 2024. I still can’t believe how fortunate I have been this last year - 3 different series in 3 different LensCulture awards in 12 months! What an honour to be included - make sure you take a look at all the winners…incredible stuff! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, I’m so happy to be in your company. Thank you @lensculture and the jurors. —————————————— Repost from LensCulture: Announcing 40 Winners — LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2024! LensCulture’s yearly Art Photography Awards competition always attracts an abundance of creative submissions from artists living all over the world. This year, photographers from more than 130 countries participated with projects that were, at turns, visually delightful, intellectually stimulating, socially relevant and profoundly emotional. After many hours of careful review and debate, the jury selected 40 winning entries from 19 countries on six continents. We hope you will take the time to find inspiration from each and every one of these new discoveries. This year the winning works explore an amazing variety of themes and ideas: lucid dreams, morphing memories, creative counter-punches to artificial intelligence, neurodivergence, chance and serendipity in experimental work, magic realism, sexual motifs in folk culture, and so much more. Enjoy! See all winners at LensCulture.com 1,2 © Ludovica De Santis @ludovicadesantis_pht 3 © Arrayah Loynd @arrayahloyndphotographer 4 © Amanda Marchand @amandabmarchand 5 © Jiatong Lu @jiatonglu_ 6 © Roman Manfredi @butchfemmelove 7 © Stefanie Langenhoven @stefanie.langenhoven Congratulations to all 40 photographers, and thanks to everyone who participated!

It’s been a hugely busy and fulfilling week of travel across the earth with my best bud @lisamurrayphotos to present our portfolios at @fotofest A big part of my practice has grown over this side of the planet and it’s been so rewarding to cement friendships that have begun through the awards & exhibition process here. My body’s exhausted, my head’s full of inspiration and my heart’s full. Thank you to the wonderful reviewers, the incredible artists and the team behind @fotofest . It’s been a treat. A x I know I missed sharing my printed folio with a few people before Meeting Place finished. So here is a quick run through my folio, All Roads Lead to Salvation - Fresh Award finalist, winner of the @rhondawilsonaward and recipient of a Meeting Place/Fotofest scholarship. @klompchinggallery @rhondawilsonaward @debraklompching @darren_ching_nyc

I have finally launched my print shop on my website. To celebrate, I am kicking off with a print sale that starts today and runs until 2nd April. 25% off selected images in sizes A4/A3 LINK IN BIO PLEASE NOTE: Shipping of ordered prints will be done after the sale ends as I will be overseas for the next 2 weeks Enjoy!

Our concertina zines have arrived, ready to take to Fotofest next week. We (@arrayahloyndphotographer & @lisamurrayphotos ) are currently prepping for our trip to Houston for Fotofest 2026. We are booked in for Meeting Place, a series of portfolio reviews with curators from across USA and internationally. We will also be taking part in the Unfiltered Portfolio Walk at the Hilton Houston Post Oak hotel, 14th March 7-9pm. The portfolio walk is open to the public so come along to say hello, see our printed portfolios/work and maybe take home some art. We have a week in Houston for Fotofest before heading to NYC for a week of art, food and lovely cold weather. Thanks @press_print_solutions on an outstanding printing job. (Apologies for having to repost again! - my IG keeps having a meltdown and is glitching the post in every possible way!) @fotofest @klompchinggallery @rhondawilsonaward @lisamurrayphotos @debraklompching @darren_ching_nyc

Playing with some images I took during my week in hospital. I had a nice view of the city skyline and the sunsets were lush.

BOOK OF THE DAY ✨ Altered Landscapes (signed) by Arrayah Loynd In ALTERED LANDSCAPES, Arrayah Loynd tells us about her heightened sensitivity of the nervous system, through which she perceives the world more intensely. Sounds, smells, light, touch, and tastes reach her in amplified ways - sometimes overwhelming and burdensome. At the same time, this particular sensitivity allows her to perceive details, colors, and moods that often remain hidden from others. Self-Published in 2024 #bookoftheday #bookstagrammer #photobookjousting #landscapephotography #booklover @anzenbergergallery @brotfabrikwien @arrayahloyndphotographer

Looking back on this beautiful digital pre-press book by @arrayahloyndphotographer which received a highly commended acknowledgement at the 2024 Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards. "Altered Landscapes, a visual meditation. I live with an increased sensitivity of the central nervous system. It affects me in ways that are hard to explain but can be quite debilitating and prevents me from fully participating in life. I find peace in solitude and nature: vast landscapes, cool climates, water, mountains, trees. All of my senses are amplified. Sound, smell, sight, touch. This can be overwhelming at times but it also allows me to witness and experience so much that others miss. The colours and tones I see in the world are like a kaleidoscopic explosion within my mind. It brings me joy to immerse myself within it and is one of the few things that soothes my mind into a place of peace." Arrayah is a lens based conceptual artist whose work explores themes of memory, trauma, the female experience, neurodivergence and the concept of otherness. Her work encompasses altered and expanded photography, archival imagery and mixed media. Born in the UK and raised in Australia, Arrayah works as a freelance artist and has taught photography at educational institutions within Australia specialising in concept development and fine art printing. As always we'd like to thank @tallpoppypress for partnering wkth us this year and to MEL Photobook Fair @melphotobookfair for hosting the award announcements in March. Entries are open until Feb 9th, head to our bio to submit now! -- #australianphotographer #newzealandphotographer #photobook #photobookaward #anzpba2026

The last few images from yesterday…WIP

A few more from yesterday - WIP The blurry images are made with my little plastic holga lens. I love how you have to let go of control and any desire for perfection when using it. It also ends up with lots of noise due to the very high ISO needed when shooting indoors. @klompchinggallery @rhondawilsonaward #holga #conceptualphotography

Starting something new. It’s been a rough few weeks and it may be a rough few more. I managed to sit at my computer this afternoon with the help of Valium, pain meds and compression clothing. Knocked out 12 images — only the beginning and likely to change many times before I’m finished. Or maybe it won’t ever be finished and I will just enjoy the process of creating while I can. It’s ok either way. Early days yet. Having fun with my little plastic #holga lens

Sharing some older work for newer viewers Series: More or Less (in)Complete Solo exhibition, 2021 Artist statement: This series of images was created as a direct response to personal experience and the ongoing observation of how society is evolving (or devolving) in its response to female autonomy of body, mind, desire and sexuality. It is a statement on how societal attitudes ‘stain’ women in ways that are not always visible but are always felt. Looking at patriarchal control, the impact of modern day misogyny and the abuse of power and privilege — this series is a visceral and personal exploration of what it is to be woman. Head to my website to see full series and read essay by Eva Rose. @klompchinggallery @rhondawilsonaward #conceptualphotography #conceptualart #feminism