EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts (Current Research Candidate), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology School of Art.

Bachelor of Photography (2004), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia.

MONOGRAPH

Big Sky, GOST Books, 2024

SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS

2024 - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery UK, 2nd Prize.

2024 - The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, Honorable Mention.

2024 - Louis Roederer Foundation Photography Prize for Sustainability, France, Finalist.

2023 - Galah Regional Photography Prize, Australia, Winner.

2023 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Finalist.

2022 - The Sony World Photography Awards, UK, Photographer of the Year.

2022 - The Sony World Photography Awards, UK, Portrait Series, 1st place.

2022 - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, UK, Finalist.

2022 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Finalist/Highly Commended.

2021 - The American Society of Magazine Editors (Ellie Awards), USA, Feature Photography, Nominated.

2020 - World Press Photo, Netherlands, Portrait Stories, 1st Prize.

2020 - Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, Columbia University New York, Award for Excellence.

2020 - The American Society of Magazine Editors (Ellie Awards), USA, Feature Photography, Nominated.

2020 - Overseas Press Club of America, Feature Photography Award, Citation.

2020 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Portrait Series, 3rd place.

2020 - Sony World Photography Awards, UK, Portraiture, shortlisted.

2019 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Finalist.

2019 - Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Australia, Finalist.

2019 - Contemporary Landscapes in Photography Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Australia, Finalist.

2018 - Nannen Prize for Photography, Germany, 1st Place.

2018 - World Press Photo, Netherlands, Photo of the Year, Nominated.

2018 - World Press Photo, Netherlands, Portrait Stories, 1st Place

2018 - Photo District News, USA, Photographer of the Year.

2018 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Photographer of the Year, Freelance.

2018 - LensCulture Portrait Awards, USA, Series, 2nd Place.

2018 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Portrait Series, 2nd Place.

2018 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Finalist.

2018 - Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Australia, Finalist.

2017 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Third Place, Issue Reporting Picture Story.

2015 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Finalist.

2015 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Picture Story Award of Excellence.

2014 - European Publishers Award for Photography, UK, Shortlisted.

2013 - Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia, Alumnus of the Year.

2011 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, News Story Multimedia, 1st Place.

2010 - World Press Photo, Netherlands, Spot News, 1st Place.

2010 - Australian Reportage Photo Festival, Professional Award, winner.

2010 - 17th World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Netherlands, Fellow.

2010 - Photo District News Photo Annual, USA, Photojournalism Award.

2010 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, News Picture Story, 1st Prize.

2010 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Spot News, 3rd Prize.

2010 - Pictures of the Year International, USA, Award of Excellence.

2009 - Photo District News, USA, 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 - Big Sky, Photo 2024, Federation Square, Australia.

2024 - Big Sky, Festival La Gacilly Photo, France.

2023 - Big Sky, Somerset House, London.

2021 - Migrantes, Windgate Museum of Art, Conway, USA.

2018 - Chibok Girls, Festival della Fotografia Etica, Italy.

2017 - Big Sky, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia.

2017 - The Afghans, Cortona on the Move International Photography Festival, Italy.

2013 - Iraq, Reportage Festival of Documentary Photography/Vivid Festival, Sydney, Australia.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia

2022 - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London.

2022 - The Sony World Photography Awards, Somerset House, London.

2022 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia.

2020 - Civilization, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

2020 - Civilization, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand.

2020 - World Press Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2019 - Civilization, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.

2019 - Civilization, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China.

2019 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia.

2018 - World Press Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2018 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia.

2015 - Emerging, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2015 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Australia.

2012 - WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

2009 - World Press Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

SELECTED GROUP BOOKS

Civilization: The Way We Live Now, William A Ewing, Holly Roussell, Thames and Hudson, 2018.

American Photography:  Selected for editions; 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 - American Illustration - American Photography, New York, USA.

WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Will Michels, Natalie Zelt (Author)Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2012.

PARTIAL EDITORIAL CLIENT LIST

The New Yorker, TIME Magazine, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Wired, Monocle, ESPN, The Financial Times Magazine, Die Zeit, Stern, M Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek and The Guardian.

LECTURES AND ARTIST VISITS

International Center of Photography, New York.

National Geographic, Washington D.C.

Frontline Club, London.

World Press Photo, Amsterdam.

Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College, USA.

Fujifilm Ambassador, Australia. 

Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia.