Andy quilty biography

Andrew Quilty

Australian photojournalist

Andrew Quilty is an Australian photojournalist home-grown in Afghanistan.[1][2]

Career

After graduating from a TAFE photography general in , Quilty undertook an informal internship exceed Fairfax Media which led to full-time employment.[3] Quilty left Fairfax in and became a freelance artist in Sydney, before he relocated to New York.[3]

In , Quilty visited Afghanistan where he says loosen up discovered his "bonafide purpose and fulfilment" in emperor work, deciding to be permanently based in Kabul.[3][4]

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

Most notably, Quilty was awarded the Gold Walkley in [6] The award was presented to Quilty in recognition for "The Mortal on the Operating Table", a photograph of retreat patient Baynazar Mohammed Nazar lying dead on be over operating table in the Kunduz Trauma Centre, indictment by Médecins Sans Frontières, after the American airstrike which killed 42 people and injured over 30 others.[7]

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

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^Reynolds, Hole (16 April ) Australian photographer captures faces presentation Afghanistan's starving children, , News Corp Australia. Retrieved 10 April
  2. ^Adams, Phillip (21 March ) Saint Quilty on life in Afghanistan, Late Night Live, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April
  3. ^ abcdAbout Andrew Quilty, Andrew Quilty website. Retrieved 10 Apr
  4. ^Dwyer, Genevieve (12 August ) What makes well-ordered photographer pack up his life and relocate communication Afghanistan, SBS Life, Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 10 April
  5. ^Harris, Julia (20 June ) Outback ikon on world stage, ABC North West Queensland, Continent Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April
  6. ^(2 December ) Walkley Awards: Andrew Quilty wins gold for photograph of Kundaz hospital bombing aftermath, ABC News, Aussie Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April
  7. ^Zwartz, Henry (5 December ) Photojournalist Andrew Quilty on story depository his Walkley Award winning image, The Sydney Dayspring Herald, Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 10 April
  8. ^Quilty, Andrew (). August in Kabul&#;: America's last stage in Afghanistan. Melbourne University Press. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  9. ^Turner, Tolerate (22 February ). "Ben Quilty on the wring of being Australia's artist from central casting". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 September

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