Kyle Dobie
Australian-Filipino photographer working on Wurundjeri Country.
Dobie co-founded Your Local Film Lab in 2020, a film processing business on the Sunshine Coast that relocated to Brisbane in 2023. Has been commissioned by the Sunshine Coast Council for partnerships with Horizon Arts Festival and Arts Coast (2022-2025). In 2025, exhibited Familiar Ground, a dual exhibition with painter Lauren Jones exploring their shared hometown of the Sunshine Coast.
Dobie now lives in Naarm/Melbourne.
The Farm
RA-4 Color Darkroom Print, 2024.
20 x 25 cm
This portrait was taken back in 2024, in response to the AI-generated images beginning to saturate our feeds. Clea (musician) and I developed a series of analogue portraits for her EP, inspired by that aesthetic. Photographed at dusk on Clea's farm, flowers obscure her face, creating a feeling that is simultaneously familiar and out of place.