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Jodie Harris is a Yamatji photographer based on Bundjalung Country in Northern New South Wales. Working across environmental portraiture and social documentary photography, her practice is rooted in exploring identity, belonging, and the ways we connect to place and country. She is particularly drawn to photographing people in their homes, where personal objects and environments become markers of memory, heritage, and lived experience.
Through a sensitive and collaborative approach, Harris creates images that reflect the layered narratives of her sitters, situating portraiture as both a personal and cultural archive. Her work highlights the significance of domestic and everyday spaces as sites of identity, revealing how the objects we surround ourselves with hold meaning and connection.
Harris has exhibited both nationally and internationally, with her photographs shown in galleries and cultural institutions across Australia and abroad. Her achievements include being named a finalist in the 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize and a finalist in the Telstra Indigenous Art Award, recognition that reflects the strength of her storytelling and visual language.
Whether working in community, cultural, or personal contexts, Harris’s practice continues to explore the intersections of people, place, and identity, offering an intimate lens on contemporary lived experience.
