Anne Zahalka
Marriage of Convenience (Graham Budgett and Jane Mulfinger/ artists), 1987
Ilfochrome print
80 × 80cm
Her pieces seem to have a lot more put into them then meets the eye.

Ilfochrome (formerly known as Cibachrome) is a dye destruction positive-to-positive photographic process used for the reproduction of slides on photographic paper. The prints are made on a dimensionally stable polyester base, essentially a plastic base opposed to traditional paper base. Since it uses azo dyes on a polyester base, the print will not fade, discolor, or deteriorate for a long time. Characteristics of Ilfochrome prints are image clarity, color purity, as well as being an archival process able to produce critical accuracy to the original slide.

"Zahalka’s portraits reveal more than just the individual – with an ironic and critical voice the images cleverly subvert stereotypes while capturing subcultures and a spirit of the times with acute observation."


 “Zahalka likes to explore the nature of image making and examine what a portrait reveals about a person and how the medium of photography can bend and reject the truth,” Frances Thomson explained.

 "Tampering with truth in representation, blurring the boundary between reality and fiction, Zahalka uses a variety of photomedia techniques."