I began my career with ABC Television as a video cameraman and stills photographer filming entertainment, features, news and current affairs. Ten years later I joined the Australian Information Service (DFAT) in Sydney documenting Australian lifestyle, events and overseas humanitarian Aid projects. During this time I was also an official photographer of visiting dignitaries, world leaders and members of the Royal family including the Queen. In '88 I moved back to Brisbane and joined News Corp as a features photographer shooting mostly fashion and the Arts until I was asked to cover the East Timor conflict.
I then shifted my focus to covering national and international disasters, conflict and crisis. This included covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AIDS epidemic and violence in PNG, the terrorist bombings in Bali and Jakarta, the tsunamis in Phuket, Aceh and Ghizo and the floods, cyclones and bushfires closer to home.
In 2000 I won the Walkley Award, Australia’s highest award for photojournalism, for my images of the conflict in East Timor. In 2004 I won the United Nations Association Media Peace Award for exposing the ravages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Papua New Guinea. I’ve won numerous Queensland Media/ Clarion Awards and many others for my photojournalism work
I’m now working as a freelancer based in Noosa, Queensland.