Nur Aishah Abdullah Farid Kenton is a Singapore-born, Malay-Australian photographer, artist and educator. Aishah’s work explores personally resonant themes through photography, archives and installation. Her practice combines conceptual and documentary approaches, often using collaborative methods to connect personal histories with broader cultural narratives. Aishah’s work has been recognised in the British Journal of Photography’s Ones to Watch (2022), the National Photographic Portrait Prize (2024 and 2025), Australian Life (2024) and the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (2025). Her work is held in the collections of the National Library of Australia, HOTA Home of the Arts and the State Library of Queensland.
For more than 25 years, Sean Davey has developed a wide-ranging photographic practice. Sean’s approach to photography was shaped in Sydney during the 2000s and further developed in Papua New Guinea, where he began photographing by invitation in 2005. Since 2018, Sean has photographed extensively in Malaysia while continuing to develop several bodies of work in Australia. Sean’s photographs are held in numerous national collections, and he is regularly commissioned for documentary and heritage architecture projects. His practice takes various forms, including exhibitions, publications, community programs, journalism and teaching. Sean was formerly a lecturer in photojournalism at the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.
‘Aishah Kenton and Sean Davey are two of the most prolific
and creative photographers in Australia.’
- Dean Lewins, Picture Editor, Australian Associated Press.