Touchstones: Abby Storey

Written by Morph

Abby Storey is a contemporary photographic artist based in Melbourne. Her photography examines social and cultural activity.

Abby's recent project 'Touchstones' was exhibited at Auckland's Satellite Gallery and is comprised of images collected over the last five years.

The works in Touchstones reflect on humanity, the things that we value and the consequences of our exaltation in a world of contingencies. They show decontextualised entities; the familiar, the revered, the ubiquitous - touchstones.

The subjects of these photographs are together the object of some form of reverence, altered through the often inelegant necessities of everyday life, the intervention of nature or the human hand. Their pictured circumstances question their traditional associations, some light-heartedly, others less so.

See more of Abby's work on her website: www.abbystorey.co.nz