I am an Australian photographer based in Naarm (Melbourne).
For as long as I can remember, I have felt most at peace holding a camera.
Drawn to analogue photography, with an interest in self-portraiture I felt I finally had a way to express how I see the world. My photographic practice is a deeply personal enquiry into love, longing, grief and beauty. I use qualities of abstract expressionism to honour the constant presence of absence, and frequently use collage and metaphorical imagery, most notably flowers such as roses and lilies, to convey layers of fertility, decay, femininity, and resilience. These symbols, especially the motif of the “Flower”, serve as vessels for both beauty and sorrow.
My work has been exhibited both in Australia and internationally, including in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Japan, and is held in private collections across France, the UK, USA, Mexico, and Australia. I have been published in FotoNostrum Magazine (Barcelona, 2024) and Eyes on the World (Kamira Institute, Paris, 2025).
I am an alumna of the 2025 Penumbra Foundation Long Term Photobook Program (New York), through which I developed my first photobook, FLOWER under ether (December 2025). In 2026, I attended the Chico Review in Montana, USA.
“for there cannot be any real beauty without the indolic whiff of decay …”
~Sally Mann
CV
LISA JAYNE CRAMER
Photographic Artist – Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
Born 1964, Victoria, Australia
Lives and works in Somers, Victoria
2025 Long Term Program: The Photobook, Penumbra Foundation, NYC
2024 Pinhole Camera workshop, Shea Kirk, Melbourne Australia
2023 Large Format Camera workshop, Shea Kirk, Melbourne Australia
2021 Silver Gelatin Darkroom Printing, Gold Street Studios, Ellie Young
2020 Seeing Through Photographs, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, NYC
2016 Creative Photography Certificate, Photography Studies College, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 BLACK & WHITE International Photography Awards Exhibition, ONE ART SPACE, 23 Warren St, New York, June 26 to 28
2026 The Ephemere Photobook Exhibition, Kyoto Japan, April 18 to May 17
2026 Lenscratch, The 2026 ‘Black and White Portrait’ Exhibition, March, online
2026 Lenscratch, The 2026 Lenscratch ‘Love’ Exhibition, February, online
2026 Lenscratch , The 2026 Lenscratch ‘New Beginnings’ Exhibition, January, online
2026 Revela’t Festival, 14th edition, October, Vilassar de Dalt (Barcelona)
2025 Perth Centre for Photography, Fremantle WA, COLLECTIVE 2025
2025 Gallery Joseph Froissart, Paris, France, ‘B&W International Photography Awards Exhibition’
2025 Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne VIC, ‘LOOK! Exhibition’
2025 FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona Spain, ‘The 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition’ (pt 2)
2025 Curtain Call Gallery, Shoreditch London UK, ‘Cluster London Photography Fair’
2025 FotoNostrum Gallery, ‘1st Choice Awards Exhibition’, Barcelona Spain
2024 FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona Spain, ‘The 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition’ (pt 1)
2024 Perth Centre for Photography, Fremantle WA, COLLECTIVE 2024
2024 Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne VIC, ‘LOOK! Exhibition’
2024 Photo Access, Canberra ACT, ‘Canberra Contemporary Photographic Prize Exhibition’
2023 CCP x Hahnemühle ‘Summer Salon Exhibition’, Melbourne VIC
2023 Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne VIC, ‘LOOK! Exhibition’
AWARDS
2026 Ephemere, Tokyo PHOTOBOOK GRANT 2026 Shortlist
2025 Scholarship recipient for the 2025 Long Term Program: The Photobook hosted by Penumbra Foundation, NYC
2025. Perth Centre for Photography COLLECTIVE 2025, Finalist
2025 LOOK! Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, Finalist
2025 Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2025, Black and White Category, presented by Fujifilm Australia, Highly Commended
2025 B&W International Photography Awards Paris, France – Category Self Portrait, Bronze Medal
2025 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, FotoNostrum Barcelona Spain, Category Self Portrait Series, Honourable Mention
2025 1st Choice Awards, FotoNostrum, Barcelona Spain, Honourable Mention
2024 Perth Centre for Photography COLLECTIVE 2024, Finalist
2024 LOOK! Prize, Museum of Australian Photography Melbourne, Finalist/Staff Favourite
2024 Canberra Contemporary Photographic Prize, Photo Access, Canberra, Second Prize
2024 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Barcelona Spain, Category Self Portrait Series, Honourable Mention
2023 LOOK! Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, Finalist
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WE ARE Magazine _ The Royal Photographic Society Women in Photography April 2026 edition _ Mother (moving image) feature, Mother (still image) feature.
FLOWER under ether, dummy book - December 2025
Featured artist in Eyes on the World publication, Kamira Institute, Paris France, 2025
Featured artist in The FotoNostrum Magazine, FotoNostrum Barcelona, Spain 2024/2025
Artist Interview, 2025 CLUSTER London
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
2026 Chico Review, Montana USA, organised by Charcoal Book Club
MEMBERSHIPS
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne
National Portrait Gallery, Australia
NAVA
Penumbra Foundation, NYC
The Royal Photographic Society, UK