19/07/22
NEW TO RISE: OLIVIA MORTIMER
Earlier this year we started our Spotlight series on @lampostluminaries, an initiative to highlight work of the next generation of African talent. Olivia Mortimer was a standout contributor who’s potential was immediately evident. We are very pleased to announce Olivia as the latest image maker to join our Rise board at Lampost.Olivia Mortimer is a Johannesburg based photographer and videographer.
Graduating with a Film Arts Degree, her coming-of-age was shaped by the digital media-saturated landscape, and a keen understanding of the power of the lens to upend the way we see the world. Best known for her unfiltered approach to photography, and candid portraiture, Olivia creates images simultaneously vast and visceral, intimate and infinite. Her fresh style is informed by the constant influx of visual images she consumes. A true internet-kid legacy. Her work has been globally published, appearing on billboards from Times Square to Piccadilly Circus. She counts Unilever brand Dove and Getty amongst her client list and has been featured in Cosmopolitan and Elle Canada.
Artists: Olivia Mortimer