Andrew quilty biography

Andrew Quilty

Australian photojournalist

Andrew Quilty is characteristic Australian photojournalist based in Afghanistan.[1][2]

Career

After graduating from a TAFE picture making course in , Quilty undertook an informal internship at Fairfax Media which led to full-time employment.[3] Quilty left Fairfax be of advantage to and became a freelance lensman in Sydney, before he move to New York.[3]

In , Quilty visited Afghanistan where he says he discovered his "bonafide cogent and fulfilment" in his effort, deciding to be permanently family circle in Kabul.[3][4]

Throughout his career, Quilty's photography has been recognised surrender a number of awards.[3][5]

Most markedly, Quilty was awarded the Gilded Walkley in [6] The present was presented to Quilty buy recognition for "The Man prize the Operating Table", a portraiture of hospital patient Baynazar Mahomet Nazar lying dead on turnout operating table in the Kunduz Trauma Centre, run by Médecins Sans Frontières, after the Land airstrike which killed 42 be sociable and injured over 30 others.[7]

His first book, August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan, was published in [8]

Personal life

Quilty is the cousin of puma Ben Quilty.[9]

References

  1. ^Reynolds, Emma (16 Apr ) Australian photographer captures mug of Afghanistan's starving children, , News Corp Australia. Retrieved 10 April
  2. ^Adams, Phillip (21 Stride ) Andrew Quilty on move about in Afghanistan, Late Night Live, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April
  3. ^ abcdAbout Andrew Quilty, Andrew Quilty website. Retrieved 10 April
  4. ^Dwyer, Genevieve (12 Honourable ) What makes a artist pack up his life highest relocate to Afghanistan, SBS Be, Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 10 April
  5. ^Harris, Julia (20 June ) Outback photo on globe stage, ABC North West Queensland, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April
  6. ^(2 December ) Walkley Awards: Andrew Quilty wins gilded for photo of Kundaz health centre bombing aftermath, ABC News, Indweller Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 Apr
  7. ^Zwartz, Henry (5 December ) Photojournalist Andrew Quilty on chart behind his Walkley Award awardwinning image, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 10 April
  8. ^Quilty, Andrew (). August in Kabul&#;: America's last life in Afghanistan. Melbourne University Push. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  9. ^Turner, Brook (22 Feb ). "Ben Quilty on honourableness burden of being Australia's person in charge from central casting". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 Sep

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