Trent Parke (born 1971) is an Australian photographer. He is the husband of
Narelle Autio
Narelle Autio (born 1969) is an Australian photographer. Autio is a member of the In-Public street photography collective and is a founding member of the Oculi photographic agency. She is married to the photographer Trent Parke, with whom she ...
, with whom he often collaborates. He has created a number of photography books; won numerous national and international awards including four
World Press Photo
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awards; and his photographs are held in numerous public and private collections. He is a member of
Magnum Photos
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.
Life and work
Parke was born and brought up in
Newcastle, New South Wales
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; he now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He started photography when he was twelve. At age 13 he watched his mother die from an asthma attack. He has worked as a photojournalist for ''
The Australian
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'' newspaper.
Martin Parr
Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in ...
and Gerry Badger say that Parke's first book ''Dream/Life'' is "as dynamic a set of street pictures as has been seen outside the United States or Japan".
In 2003 he and his wife, the photographer
Narelle Autio
Narelle Autio (born 1969) is an Australian photographer. Autio is a member of the In-Public street photography collective and is a founding member of the Oculi photographic agency. She is married to the photographer Trent Parke, with whom she ...
, made a 90,000 km trip around Australia, resulting in Parke's books ''Minutes to Midnight'' and ''The Black Rose.''
Parke became a member of the
In-Public
In-Public (sometimes written iN-PUBLiC) is an international group of street photographers that operates as a collective. It was established in 2000 by Nick Turpin with the intention of bringing together like minded photographers to hold exhibitio ...
street photography
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collective in 2001. He became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2002 and a member in 2007; the first Australian invited to join.Trent Parke , Stills Gallery. Accessed 14 August 2009.
Publications
Publications by Parke
* ''Dream/Life''. Kirribilli, N.S.W, Australia: Hot Chilli Press, 1999. .
* ''The Seventh Wave: Photographs of Australian Beaches''. Kirribilli, N.S.W, Australia: Hot Chilli Press, 2000. Hardback . Paperback . With
Narelle Autio
Narelle Autio (born 1969) is an Australian photographer. Autio is a member of the In-Public street photography collective and is a founding member of the Oculi photographic agency. She is married to the photographer Trent Parke, with whom she ...
. Includes an essay on the beach in Australian culture by
Robert Drewe
Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer.
Biography
Robert Drewe was born on 9 January 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Perth. He grew ...
.
* ''Minutes to Midnight''. Paris: Filigranes Éditions, 2005. 32 pages, 20 plates, paperback. .
* ''Bedknobs & Broomsticks''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Little Brown Mushroom, 2010. .
* ''The Christmas Tree Bucket – Trent Parke's Family Album''. Göttingen:
Steidl
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The company was started by Gerh ...
Art Gallery of South Australia
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, 2015. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 March – 10 May 2015.
*''Crimson Line.'' London: Stanley/Barker, 2020. .
**Second edition with subtle changes. London: Stanley/Barker, 2021. .
*''Cue The Sun''. London: Stanley/Barker, 2021. .
Publications with contributions by Parke
*''So now then.'' Cardiff: Ffotogallery, 2006. . Edited by Paul Seawright and Christopher Coppock. Photographs by Parke, Shelby Lee Adams, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Chien-Chi Chang, Weng Fen, Julio Grinblatt, An-My Lê Susan Meiselas, Boris Mikhailov, Simon Norfolk, Paul Shambroom, Massimo Vitali and Michael Wesely. Essays by
David Campany
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, "Straight pictures of a crooked world"; Martha Langford, "What use is photography"; and Jan-Erik Lundström, "Look and tell: some further thoughts on the documentary genre". An anthology of international documentary photography commissioned by Hereford Photo Festival. Edition of 1000.
*''A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive.'' Munich:
Prestel
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; New York, Paris, London, Tokyo:
Magnum Photos
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, 2010. .
* ''10 – 10 Years of In-Public''. London: Nick Turpin, 2010. .
*''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' Edited by Kristen Lubben.
**''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' London:
Thames & Hudson
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, 2011. .
**''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. . Compact edition.
**''Magnum Contact Sheets: Trent Parke, The Seventh Wave, 2000 (Collector's Edition).'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. .
*''The Street Photographer's Manual.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. . By David Gibson. Includes a chapter on Parke.
*''The World Atlas of Street Photography.'' New Haven and London:
Yale University Press
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, 2014. . Edited by Jackie Higgins. With a foreword by
Max Kozloff
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.
*''Photographers' Sketchbooks.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. . Edited by Stephen McLaren and Bryan Formhals.
*''100 Great Street Photographs.'' Munich, London, New York:
Prestel
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, 2017. By David Gibson. . Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Parke.
*''Home.'' Tokyo:
Magnum Photos
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Tokyo, 2018. .
Films
Films by Parke
*''The Summation of Force'' – eight channel film directed by Parke, Autio and Matthew Bate
Documentaries about Parke
*''Dreamlives'' (2002). Directed and produced by Jennifer Crone. Includes Trent and Autio.
*''Trent Parke: The Black Rose'' (2015). Directed by Catherine Hunter. Includes Parke, Autio and
Geoff Dyer
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Personal background
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*1996–1998: 5 Gold Lenses, International Olympic Committee.Trent Parke , Magnum Photos. Accessed 14 August 2009.
*1999: Second prize, Daily Life category,
World Press Photo
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Award (for "Bathurst Car Races").
*2000: Second prize, Daily Life stories category, World Press Photo Award 1999 (for "The Seventh Wave").
*2000: Canon photo essay prize, Sasakawa World Sports Awards.
*2001: First prize, Nature stories category, World Press Photo Award 2000, with Narelle Autio (for "Australian Roadkill" series).
*2003: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the
W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
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Since 1979 ...
.
*2005: Third prize, Daily Life category, World Press Photo Award 2004 (for "Wiluna").
*2007: Exhibiting Finalist – Australian National Photographic Portrait Prize.
*2014: Winner of Photography category, Prudential Eye Awards by Global Eye Program.
*2014: Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2015, Gold medal, Konzeptionell-künstlerische Fotobildbänd (Conceptually-artistic photobook) category, went to
Steidl
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Overview
The company was started by Gerh ...
for ''Minutes to Midnight'', along with three other winners.
Exhibitions
* 2000: ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – Stills Gallery, Sydney.
* 2002: ''Dream/Life'' and ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – Canvas International Art Gallery, Amsterdam.
* 2002: ''Dva Pivo Prosim (Two Beers Please)'' (with Narelle Autio) – Stills Gallery, Sydney.Exhibition notices Stills Gallery. Accessed 15 August 2009.
* 2002: ''Sydney Treasures'', Art & About, Sydney.
* 2002: ''Dream/Life & Beyond'' – Stills Gallery, Sydney.
* 2004: ''Dream/Life'' and ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – FotoFreo Photographic Festival, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle.
* 2004: ''Dream/Life'' and ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York.
* 2004: ''Suspended States'', Sydney Arts Festival.
* 2004: ''Minutes to Midnight'' – Part One, Leica Gallery, Germany.
* 2005: ''Minutes to Midnight'', Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
* 2005: ''Colour Work'', Stills Gallery, Sydney.
* 2006: ''Minutes to Midnight'', Wollongong City Gallery
* 2007: ''Welcome to Nowhere'', Stills Gallery, Sydney. Part of ''New Blood'', Magnum Photos 60th anniversary exhibition. With
Antoine D'Agata
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D'Agata is a full member of Magnum Phot ...
,
Jonas Bendiksen
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,
Mark Power
Mark Power (born 1959) is a British photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos and Professor of Photography in The Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton.Alec Soth.
* 2008: ''Christmas Tree Bucket'', Stills Gallery, Sydney.
* 2009: ''Minutes to Midnight'', Children's Art Gallery,
National Gallery of Australia
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.
* 2009: ''Please step quietly everyone can hear you'', Sydney Opera House.
* 2010: ''Survey Show'', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
* 2013: ''To the Sea'' with Narelle Autio, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
*2013: ''The Christmas Tree Bucket,'' National Gallery of Australia, 20 December 2013 – 23 February 2014.
* 2014: ''The Camera is God'', The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart,
Art Gallery of South Australia
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, Adelaide.
* 2014: ''The Camera is God'', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
* 2015: ''The Black Rose'', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 March – 10 May 2015. Part of the 2015
Adelaide Festival
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.
*''The Crimson Line,'' Hugo Michell Gallery, 31 October – 23 November 2019
Collections
Parke's work is held in the following public collections:
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National Gallery of Australia
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, Canberra
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National Gallery of Victoria
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, Melbourne: 7 prints (as of November 2018)
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National Library of Australia
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Australian National Maritime Museum
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, Sydney
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
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University of Sydney
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