His Minecraft

• Prize
  Gold in Architecture/Interiors
• Photographer
  Austin Irving
• Technical Info
  4x5 Color Negative - Kodak Portra 160 Iso

HIS MINECRAFT is an analogue study of virtual spaces. Using 4x5 color negative, Irving has developed a bespoke method of photographing digitally-generated interiors found within her husband’s private Minecraft city From binary code to computer, computer to television, television to emulsion, Irving’s curates our experiences by shifting between multiple medias of representation and our represental media. HIS MINECRAFT is also a deeply intimate project. Her gaze becomes a veneration of her husband’s vision and dedication to this creation, manifesting as visual love letters to the man she adores.

Born and raised in New York City, Austin Irving is a visual artist who works with large format analog photography. Irving graduated cum laude with a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU’s TISCH School Of The Arts in 2006. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Hong Kong, India, Germany, France, and across The United States. In 2020, her projects SHOW CAVES and NOT AN EXIT won first place at The Budapest International Foto Awards in the Science and Architecture categories. In 2019, NOT AN EXIT and PLANTS IN EXILE won the PX3 award.