ON-SET & COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHY
OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY


True History of the Kelly Gang
Feature film / On-set stills
Dir. Justin Kurzel
Prod. Daybreak Pictures / Porchlight 
2019

On-set still photography taken during the making of Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang (2019). Images from this work were later expanded into Jingo Was Born In The Slum, a limited edition photobook published by Jane & Jeremy (Brighton, UK) in 2021.

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Alien: Covenant

Feature film / On-set stills
Dir. Ridley Scott
Prod. Scott Free / Fox Film
2016

On-set still photography taken during the making of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Shot on both film and digital simultaneously across 90+ days embedded with the production. Images were used for publicity, press, and archival.

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Talk to Me

Feature film / On-set stills
Dir. Daniel and Michael Phillipou
Prod. Causeway Films / A24
2023

On-set still photography for Talk to Me, the break-out Australian horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Photos shot on location in Adelaide, South Australia during the production fo the film. Unit stills produced for publicity, press, publication and festival materials.

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Ellis Park



Feature documentary / On-set stills
Dir. Justin Kurzel
Prod. GoodThing Productions
2024

On-set still photography taken during the making of Justin Kurzel’s documentary Ellis Park (2024). Shot on location in Sumatra, Indonesia while embedded with Warren Ellis and the Production. Unit stills produced for publicity, press, and production archive.

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This Is Clickbait

Online series / On-set stills
Dir. Mark Malloy
Prod. Quibi
2021

On-set still photography for Quibi premier series Clickbait “This Is Clickbait”, directed by Mark Molloy and executive produced by Matt Reeves. These photos were taken during the Ukraine shoot for publicity and internal archive. Production halted when Quibi shut down.

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Ghosteen

Commissioned photography
Artist. Nick Cave and the Badseeds
Album. Ghosteen
2019

Photographs for Nick Cave and the Badseed’s album Ghosteen. These images were taken during the final LA mastering sessions, and in Malibu where Nick and Warren wrote the album. Includes documentation of the recording, and a standalone photographic work for the album inner cover.

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The Vampires Wife

Commissioned photography 
Artist. Susie Cave
Campaign. Autumn/Winter
2019

Photographs for The Vampire’s Wife Autumn/Winter 2019 campaign, made with Susie Cave. Shot across Susie’s Brighton garden, nearby woodland and Brighton beach. Campaign images released via AnOther.

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Huawei

Commissioned photography 
Campaign. P9 phone launch
Actors. Scarlett Johansson & Henry Cavill
2018

Photography for Huawei’s P9 global campaign starring Scarlett Johansson and Henry Cavill. Shot for RSA Films across Shanghai and New Zealand. Images produced for campaign publicity, press, and behind-the-scenes delivery.

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Marungka tjalatjunu
(Dipped in black)
Short film & Photo series
Dir. Matthew Thorne
Prod. Other Pictures
2023

Photographic work co-created with initated Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch alongside the making of Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black). Made during Lynch’s road trip from Adelaide back to his home Aputula for spiritual healing. Produced as short film, installation film, and a standalone photographic series. Winner of the Silver Bear, Berlinale / Documentary Australia Award & exhibited at Photo Festival Australia, Lagos Photo Festival Nigeria & the Hamburg Triennial of Photography Germany.

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The sand that ate the sea

Short film
Dir. Matthew Thorne
Prod. Other Pictures
2020

Photographic work from The sand that ate the sea, a project documenting the South Australian opal-mining town of Andamooka where my family are Opal Miners. These images were made alongside the film and video installation works. The series records people and place across the township and surrounding desert and opal fields.

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GAIB

Short essay film
Dir. Matthew Thorne
Prod. Other Pictures
2019

Photographs made in Batu Karas, West Java, during the filming of GAIB, an essay film made in collaboration with Yoga Abdul Ghani and the local community examining spirituality, death, and the presence of time in life.

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The real housewives of Neukölln /
Ich suche K und eine WG
(I am looking for ketamine and a share house)



Photo series
Berlin & Brandenburg
2016 - 2022

Berlin (2016–2022) is a series of photographs made while I was living and working in Berlin during a period of particular transformation forthe city pre and post COVID. These images document life and the city, through the drag performance group I became very close with “The Real Housewives of Neukölln”.

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One road in / one road out

Feature documentary & photo series
Dir. Matthew Thorne
Prod. Other Pictures
2026

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Out the back of beyond / the Australians / Home-grown unknowns

Photo series
2015 - ??

An ongoing series of photographs depicting contemporary Australia and its people. Drawn from many interlinked projects and person works, these images stage a journey across Country, time, and story, negotiating First Nations ontology, settler myth, and current notions of colonial extraction & frontier.

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Greece (2019 - ??)Photo series
Athens, Hydra, Mount Athos, Ikaria, Anafi, Aegina, Tzoumerka & the Peleponnese
2019 - ??

An ongoing photo series made in Athens, and across Greece. Shot over the last 6 years, from the first time I visited the country until now living here.

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South America
Photo series
Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia
2017

Travel photography made across Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia in 2017. Images taken during a 20,000km road trip from Santiago, Chile to Medellin, Colombia and back.

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Snow in Tehran
Photo series
Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis & the Caspian Sea
2016

Reportage photographs made in Iran in 2016 in the aftermath of the Obama administration’s New START nuclear treaty, and during first months of the Trump administration.

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EXTRACTION
Moving image work & Photo series
South Australia: Kuyani, Kokatha, Barngarla, Andyamathanha, Arabana, and Yankunytjatjara Country
2024

Photographs and moving image work made across Kuyani, Kokatha, Barngarla, Andyamathanha, Arabana, and Yankunytjatjara Country documenting the South Australian remote mining frontier, and particulary the BHP Olympic Dam mine. The work was made in collaboration with Kuyani/Kokatha woman Donna Waters, and commissioned by Samstag Museum of Art and Adelaide Film Festival for the inaugural AFF/Samstag Expand Moving Image Commission (2024).

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India
Photo series
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand
2025

A photo series taken during a journey to several sacred sites in central and northern India during the start of 2025, after shooting photos on Shalini Adnani’s debut feature film “Kollam” (Film4).

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