Selected editorial assignments
The Guardian: Red CentreNats
Assignment documenting the 10th anniversary of the Red CentreNATS in Mparntwe / Alice Springs (September 2024)
Libération: The Brighton Icebergers
2020: Every morning a group of swimmers meet at Brighton Beach, Melbourne to submerge in the waters of Port Phillip Bay. During Melbourne’s long winter lockdown, numbers grew despite the water temperatures dropping to just 8C. I went to photograph swimmers, what I found was a community bonded and buoyed by the daily ritual of cold water therapy. Published in Libération’s annual special edition on Oceans with lovely words by Valentine Sabouraud.
The Washington Post: Australia fires - A town razed by fire dreads a sequel to its darkest hour
2020: KINGLAKE, Australia — Low cloud hugs the hillside as the road curves, revealing a blue-hued forest punctuated with dead silvery-black branches — symbols of a scarred but resilient landscape and a community forever changed. A sign comes into view: “Respect, Remember, 2009.” Forty miles from Melbourne, Kinglake was at the epicenter of one of Australia’s worst disasters, the Black Saturday bush fires. Eleven years ago, an inferno tore through here, killing 120 people in the immediate vicinity and another 53 in the wider area. More than 2,000 homes were destroyed. As Australia confronts renewed tragedy in a wildfire emergency of unprecedented scale, the people who rebuilt their lives in Kinglake after losing everything fear a repeat. Read the full story by Kate Shuttleworth here.
The Guardian: Leaving Ambae
2018: Ambae is one of 83 islands comprising the Republic of Vanuatu, located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is home to an active volcano called Monaro Voui which began sending plumes of thick smoke and ash into the air in 2017, prompting a complete evacuation that September. As with many Melanesian countries, connection to land is a very important part of the cultural identity for Ni-Vanuatu. As soon as the volcano activity settled, the residents returned home. Six months later monitoring revealed an increased chance of an eruption so authorities ordered a second mandatory evacuation of Ambae in July 2018, this time requesting the relocation be permanent. On Ambae island for an NGO assignment, I became caught up in the evacuation of close to 11,000 people and decided to document the events as they unfolded around me. This essay plus a written feature was published on The Guardian, see it here.
The New York Times: Global Climate Strike
2019: On 21 September, hundreds of thousands of young Australians joined many more around the world in a global day of action for the environment. The New York Times commissioned eight photographers document the event in each content, see the full story here.