Jacky Winter is pleased to present Wounded by renowned Melbourne-based photographer Jesse Marlow.

Wounded was created over a two-year period, during which Marlow
candidly captured the walking wounded as they went about their daily
lives, awkwardly traversing and maneuvering city streets in plaster casts
and gauze. In 2005 the series was turned into a book of the same title,
published by Sling Shot Press.

The publication – which sits inside a mock plaster slipcase, with a
flesh coloured cover – was designed by influential London design
firm Purpose and subsequently went on to win first prize in the books
category of the McNaughton Review in 2005. In 2006, the book was
featured in both the Creative Review and D&AD Annuals.

Despite extensive public interest in the collection, this is the first
exhibition of work from the series, set to coincide with the ten-year
anniversary of the book’s release. Here Wounded is brought off
the pages, out of the archives and into large-scale black and white
photographs, a selection of ten pieces lining the gallery walls.

The series was initially prompted by an injury Marlow suffered during a
social footy match. “With my arm in a sling and unable to take photos,
I began noticing other people walking around the streets in similar
situations. [...] I quickly became an expert at spotting someone in a
crowd with a broken arm or some such injury.”

Marlow has been a member of the international street photographer’s
collective in-public.com since 2001, which in his early career, had a
profound influence on his development as an artist. When Marlow
shared some work from the Wounded series with his in-public peers he
was rewarded with encouraging feedback, propelling him to take it to
the next level and pursue the project seriously.

“My aim with the project was to show that despite people suffering
obvious superficial injuries, human beings generally get on with life.”

Over the last 17 years Jesse Marlow has worked for a range editorial and commercial clients, both locally and internationally. His works are held in public and private collections across Australia. Marlow has published three books of photography, Centre Bounce: Football from Australia’s Heart (Hardie Grant Books, 2003), ‘Wounded’ (Sling Shot Press, 2005) and most recently, Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them (M.33, 2014). In 2010 he was profiled in the book Street Photography Now (Thames & Hudson). He has won multiple awards for his work, including the International Street Photography Prize in 2011 and the MGA Bowness Prize in 2012.