Awards/Fellowships/Grants
2024 Winner Le Grand Prix du Jury FIFO for KAUGERE, International Oceanic Documentary Film Festival Tahiti
2023 Winner Best Documentary for KAUGERE, Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia
Group Winner The FotoEvidence Book Award, Ukraine: A War Crime.
2016 Winner Pictures of the Year International (POYi) Best Photography Book for Generation AK: The Afghanistan
Wars, 1993 - 2012, (Steidl, 2015).
Honorable Mention, Bowness Photography Prize for San Lazaro, Cuba.
2015 Winner OPC's Olivier Rebbot Award for Generation AK: The Afghanistan
Wars, 1993 - 2012, (Steidl, 2015).
Winner Australian Photobook of the Year Award for Generation AK: The Afghanistan
Wars, 1993 - 2012, (Steidl, 2015).
2014 Winner Best Illustrated Book for Piksa Niugini: Portraits & Diaries at 57th New England Book Show
2011 Winner Head On Portrait Prize Why Am I A Marine?
2010 Awarded Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography at Harvard's Peabody Museum
2009 Winner Olive Cotton Director’s Choice Award The Bad Seeds
Winner LOGIE Award for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report Afghanistan – A Survivor’s Tale
2008 Winner Australian Walkley Award for News Photography Suicide Bombing Afghanistan
Winner United Nations Media Peace Award - Best Photojournalism Suicide Bombing Afghanistan
Bronze World Medal The NY Festivals TPPA Best Nat/Int Current Affairs Afghanistan – A Survivor’s Tale
2007 Recipient W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography Afghanistan, or the Perils of Freedom
Winner Australian Nikon - Walkley Portrait Prize Axe Me Biggie
Winner Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award Axe Me Biggie Series
Winner Head On Portrait Prize Axe Me Biggie
Winner Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize Highway 1
2006 Winner Australian Walkley Award Best Television Reporting Brothers of Kabul
Commendation Australian Walkley Award International Journalism Psych War in Afghanistan
Finalist Rory Peck Awards Features Brothers of Kabul
Finalist Rory Peck Sony Impact Award Psych War in Afghanistan
Winner Festival International du Scoop Prix de l’Actualite Psych Ops in Afghanistan
Commendation Australian Walkley Photo Essay Award Taliban Burnings
Winner Australian UN Media Peace Award Best Photojournalism Taliban Burnings
Bayeux Award (Runner Up) – Calvados War Correspondent’s Photography US Forces in Afghanistan
2005 Citation Robert Capa Gold Medal US 173rd Airborne Afghanistan
Winner Pictures of the Year International (POYi) Spot News Award Taliban Burnings
Honourable Mention National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA) The Best of
Photojournalism Award International News US Forces in Afghanistan
Winner Head On Portrait Prize Papua New Guinea Raskol
2004 Winner Sportel Monaco Best Illustrated Sports Book Prize LUTTE
POYi Portrait Prize (Runner Up) PNG Raskols
Bronze China Press Photo Portrait Prize Papua New Guinea Raskols
Winner Sasakawa Sport’s Foundation Special Prize Sumo
2001 Third Place POYi International Sport’s Prize Cuban Boxer
Third Place POYi USA Magazine Photographer of the Year Award
2000 Award of Excellence POYi Sport’s Feature Sumo Wrestlers
Second Place POYi Sport’s Stories Award Life of Australian boxer Anthony Mundine
Third Place POYi Feature Stories Award Life in Tibet
Award of Excellence Communication Arts Annual East Timor
1999 Third Place POYi Sport’s Stories Award Horse Racing in Australia
Award of Excellence POYI Best Photographic Book STEAM – India’s Last Steam Trains
1998 Winner Sasakawa Sport’s Foundation Best Culture Photograph Award Gambia’s Wrestlers
Winner POYi Sport’s Stories Award Australian Aborigines in Sport
Winner POYi Feature Stories Award Afghan leader Ahmed Shah Massoud
Third Place World Press Photo (WPP) Sport’s Stories Award Gambia’s Wrestlers
Second Place POYi Sport’s Action Award Aboriginal Rodeo
Second Place POYi Sport’s Stories Award Women’s Soccer in China
Third Place POYi Issue Reporting Award Baku Oil Fields
1997 Winner POYi Sports Award Gambia’s Wrestlers
Third Place POYi USA Magazine Photographer of the Year
Second Place WPP General News Award Tree Protestor England
1996 Winner La Revista Magazine International Photography Award India’s Wrestlers
Special Jury Prize POYi Canon Photo Essay Award India’s Last Steam Trains
Second Place WPP Sport’s Stories Award Turkish Wrestlers
Second Place WPP Daily Life Award India’s Last Steam Trains
Second Place Observer Hodge Award Africa’s Refugees
Honorable Mention POYi Issue Reporting Award Tree Protestor England
1995 Winner WPP Sport’s Stories Award India’s Wrestlers
Honorable Mention David Hodge Memorial Prize India’s Last Steam Trains
1994 Winner Children’s Jury WPP Individual Award Philippines
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Fucked Up Fotos, Post Office Gallery, core exhibition of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia.
2022. Are We Dead Yet? - Rev Heads & Ghost Cars, Leica Galleries, Sydney & Melbourne, Australia.
2021 Are We Dead Yet? aMBush Gallery Kambri, ANU, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Curators: Bill Dimas & Jordan Walters
2019. Piksa Niugini: New Guinea Portraits & Diaries, Wollongong Art Gallery, Australia. Curator: Louise Brand
2018 Why Am I A Marine / Axe Me Biggie, War Photo Ltd Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Curator: Wade Goddard
Piksa Niugini: New Guinea Portraits & Diaries, Logan Art Gallery, QLD, Australia. Curator: Michael Wardell
Piksa Niugini: New Guinea Portraits & Diaries, New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), Australia.
Curator: Louise Tegart
Piksa Niugini, Monash Gallery of Art (MGA), Melbourne, Australia. Curator: Stephen Zagala
2016 The White Sheet Series, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Curators: Bronwyn Rennex and Josephine Skinner.
2015 Stephen Dupont: Piksa Niugini Portraits & Diaries, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia.
The Outside Land, The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
2014 The White Sheet Series No.1, Black Eye Gallery, Sydney
The White Sheet Series No.1, Edmund Pearce Gallery, Sydney
Piksa Niugini Portraits, Museo Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba. Curator: Antonio Quevedo
Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993 - 2009, ADFA Library, UNSW, Canberra
2013 Stephen Dupont: Piksa Niugini Portraits & Diaries, The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
at Harvard University, USA. Curator: Ilisa Barbash
About Portraits and Panoramics - Papua New Guinea - The Infinitely Small and the Infinitely Big, Dali International
Photography Festival, China. Curator: Robert Pledge
Raskols, Bu Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey. Curator: Jason Eskenazi
Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993 - 2009, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townesville, Australia.
2012 Weapons Platoon: A Marine's Life in Afghanistan, National Museum of the Marine Corp, Qantico,
VA, USA. Curators: Marshall Weber & Felice Tebbe
The Rituals of Death: The cremation ghats of Kathmandu, The Muse Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Raskols, Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, USA. Curator: Sam Barzilay
Raskols, Bursa Photo Fest, Istanbul, Turkey. Curator: Jason Eskenazi
Raskols, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York, USA. Curator: Sam Barzilay
Raskols, Athens Photo Festival, Greece. Curator: Sam Barzilay
2011 Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993 - 2009, Huaian International Museum of Photography,
China. Curator: Zhimin Shi
Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993 - 2009, Albury Art Gallery, Australia. Curator: Jules Boag
2010 Afghanistan: The Perils of Freedom 1993-2009, The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney,
Australia. Curators: Stephen Dupont & Tony Nolan
Generation AK: Afghanistan and The Perils of Freedom 1993-2009, Visa Pour L'Image
Festival, Perpignan, France. Curator: Jean-Francois Leroy
Raskols & Sing-Sing, Jack Bell Gallery, London, UK. Curator: Jack Bell
Sing-Sing, Loft Gallery Gallery, Bowral, Australia.
The Naked Truth, Wynyard Park, Sydney, Australia
2009 Axe Me Biggie, Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia. Curator: Jody Haines
In Residence Polaroid Monograph, Private Residence, Sydney, Australia.
2008 Afghanistan, or The Perils of Freedom, The New York Public Library Stokes Gallery, New York, USA.
Curator: Stephen Pinson
Axe Me Biggie, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, Australia.
2007 Panorama, Byron McMahon Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Sandra Byron
Fight, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia. Curator: Jane Scott
2006 Raskols (Another Asia), Noorderlicht Festival, Leeuwarden, Holland. Curator: Wim Melis
Raskols, Ping Yao International Photography Festival, China. Curator: Robert Pledge
2005 Panorama, Lianzhou International Photography Festival, China. Curator: Alain Julian
Raskols, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Alasdair Foster
2004 Wrestlers, Moores Building of Contemporary Art, Fremantle, Australia.
2003 Kumbh Mela India, Point Light Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Gordan Undy
1997 Steam – India’s Last Steam Trains, Tom Blau Gallery, London, UK.
1995 Steam – India’s Last Steam Trains. Visa Pour L’Image Festival, Perpignan, France.
Curator: Jean-Francois Leroy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 1997 Fashion Big Bang, Palais Galliera, Paris, France.
Faces & Places, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Washington, USA.
Shot, State Library NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia.
Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Australia.
Reflections - Works from the Collection, Wollongong Art Gallery, Australia.
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 Fragile Earth: Extinction, Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC, Australia.
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Australia.
Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia.
Rocky Hall, Australian Life, Sydney, Australia.
2020 From all Points of the Southern Sky, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL, USA. Curator Ashley Lumb
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 Your Mirror: Portraits from the ICP Collection, ICP Gallery, NYC, USA.
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
2018 Not An Ostrich and other images from America's Library, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Curator: Anne Tucker
LEGACY. Your collection. Our story, Monash Gallery of Art, Australia.
2017 Aftermath: The Fallout of War – America and the Middle East, The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Australia.
2016 Aftermath: The Fallout of War – America and the Middle East, Harn Museum of
Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia.
2015 Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography, The New York Public Library, NYC, USA.
Curator: Stephen C. Pinson
Bookmarked, Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Bronwyn Rennex
2014 Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography, The New York Public Library, NYC, USA.
Curator: Stephen C. Pinson
Percival Photographic Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, Australia
2013 National Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, The Annenberg Space for
Photography, Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Anne Tucker
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, Corcoran Gallery of Art, USA.
Curator: Anne Tucker
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, Brooklyn Museum, New York,
USA. Curator: Anne Tucker
Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from the Alumni Collections, The Blanton Museum of Art,
The University of texas at Austin, USA. Curator: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi
PEACE: ° South Collective, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2012 DIAMOND LEAVES: Artist Books from around the World, Central Academy of Finae Arts Museum,
Beijing, China. Curators: Marshall Weber & Xu Bing
Postcards from the Rim: Raskols, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Australia. Curator: Jane Cush
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art,
Melbourne, Australia. Curators: Stephen Zagala and Shaune Lakin
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, The Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, USA. Curator: Anne Tucker
Kitsch & Cliche, NG Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Sandra Edwards
Contact/s - 1961-2001: From the Berlin Wall to the Twin Towers, Nordic Light International Festival of
Photography, Kristiansund, Norway. Curator: Robert Pledge
PEACE: ° South Collective, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, Asutralia
2011 Artists Books: Books by Artists ( Axe Me Biggie ), Boston Athenaeum, USA.
A Tale of Two Slums ( METROPOLIS ), Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen, Holland. Curator: Wim Melis
Why Am I A Marine? Head On Portrait Prize, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia.
Curator: Moshe Rosenzveig
Boy of War, Olive Cotton Portrait Prize, Tweed River Gallery, Australia.
Why Am I A Marine? CCP Documentary Photography Award, Contemporary Centre for Photography,
Melbourne, Australia. Curator: Naomi Cass
WAR – ° South Collective, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, Australia.
2010 WARZONE: the battlefield of peacekeeping, as part of Noorderlicht International Photofestival,
Leeuwarden, Holland. Curators: Sjors Swierstra, Ton Broekhuis, Wim Melis.
RECOLLECTION: 30 Years of Photography at the New York Public Library. NYPL, New York, USA
Curator: Stephen Pinson
Weapons Platoon, Polka Galerie, Paris. Curator: Dimitri Beck
REPORTAGE - a retrospective 1999 - 2009, National Art School, Sydney, Australia.
Curators: Stephen Dupont, Jack Picone, David Dare Parker, Michael Amendolia, Jacqui Vicario
WAR – ° South Collective, Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia. Curator: Jody Haines
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia.
Documentary Photographers in the New Century – Shanghai Exhibition Centre, China.
Curators: Christopher Phillips & Shi Zhimin
2009 WAR – ° South Collective, ACP, Sydney, Australia. Curators: Stephen Dupont and Malcom Smith
Windows on Western Journalistic and Documentary Traditions and Styles in Photography,
Photo-editing and Curating, Lianzhou International Photography Festival, China.
Curator: Robert Pledge
The Bad Seeds, William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art,
Melbourne, Australia. Curators: Stephen Zagala and Shaune Lakin
The Bad Seeds, Olive Cotton Portrait Prize, Tweed River Gallery, Australia.
Wrestlers (The Pursuit of Happiness), Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen, Holland. Curator: Wim Melis
2008 Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, FotoFreo
International Photography Festival, Fremantle, Australia . Curator: Robert Pledge
2007 Axe Me Biggie & War in Afghanistan, Leica/CCP Award, CCP, Melbourne, Australia. Curator: Naomi Cass
Axe Me Biggie, Head On Portrait Prize, ACP, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Moshe Rosenzveig
Highway 1, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism, Australian Centre for Photogarphy, Sydney.
Curator: Robert Pledge
2006 Focus: Photography and War 1945 – 2006. The Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
Curators: Patricia Sabine and Shaune Lakin
Panoramas: Landscapes of Conflict, EastLink Gallery, Shanghai, China.
Chroniques Australiennes, Galerie Montpellier, France. Curator: Roland Laboye
Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism (Contact sheets from the Collection of Contact Press Images),
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China. Curator: Robert Pledge
Contact/s 30: The Art of Photojournalism, Chobi Mela Photography Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Curator: Robert Pledge
2005 Tsunami (Traces & Omens), Noorderlicht Festival, Groningen, Holland. Curator: Wim Melis
Witness to War – The Australian War Memorial Collection:Official Art & Photography,
S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curators: Claire Baddeley and Katherine McMahon
2004 Wrestlers (Sasakawa Foundation), Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan.
Wrestlers (Amsterdam Photo 2004), Canvas International Art, Amsterdam. Curator: Froukje Holtrop
Keep the Light on Human Rights Part II (Photographs from the Collection of Contact Press Images)
Itami City Museum of Art, Japan. Curator: Robert Pledge
2003 Afghanistan (Representing the Real Documentary Photography), Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Curator: Sandy Edwards
Positive Negative: HIV/Aids in the Asia-Pacific region, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia.
Curators: Ausaid
2002 Afghan Women Behind the Veil, French Cultural Centre, New York, USA.
Afghanistan (Witness – Australian Photojournalism), ACP, Sydney, Australia.
1998 Keep the Light on Human Rights (Photographs from the Collection of Contact Press Images),
Fujita Vente Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Curator: Robert Pledge
1995 Steam – India’s Last Steam Trains (David Hodge Memorial Prize). The Photographer’s Gallery, London,
UK.
1994 Generation X (WPP Masterclass), Rotterdam Photo Institute, Holland. Curator: Christian Cajole
Selected Multi-Media & Film Screenings
2024 KAUGERE: A Place Where Nobody Enters, International Oceanic Documentary Film Festival (FIFO), Tahiti
KAUGERE: A Place Where Nobody Enters, Inner West Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
2023 The Doggies, One World Film Festival, Czech Republic
KAUGERE: A Place Where Nobody Enters, Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia
2017 Afghanistan Photographs, Unwavering Vision #1: 3160 Images of Social Change from the ICP Collections, International
Center of Photography, NYC, USA.
Don't Look Away, Cinemona, Museum of Old & New Art (MONA) MoFo, Hobart, Australia.
Don't Look Away, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA),Vivid, Sydney, Australia.
Don't Look Away, Eternity Playhouse Theatre, Sydney, Australia.
Don't Look Away, Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne, Australia.
2013 The Afghanistan Wars, 1993 - 2009, The Annenberg Space for
Photography, Los Angeles, USA
2012 The Rituals of Death, Bursa Photo Fest, Istanbul, Turkey.
2011 Generation AK, Delhi Photo Festival, India
Generation AK, The W. Eugene Smith Grant Ceremony, New York City, USA
Generation AK, Auckland International Photography Festival, New Zealand
Generation AK, Head On Festival, Sydney, Australia
2010 Generation AK, REPORTAGE Festival, Sydney, Australia
Generation AK, Semi-Permanent International Design Conference, Brisbane, Australia
Generation AK, Visa Pour L'Image Festival, Perpignan, France
2009 Papua New Guinea, Visa Pour L'Image Festival, Perpignan, France
2008 Axe Me Biggie & Stoned In Kabul, The New York Public Library, USA
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Jodie Duffy, "Images of War: Stephen Dupont's life on the front line," Artist interview, Illawarra Mercury Weekender Magazine, July 9-10, 2011.
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Mark Corcoran, “Afghanistan – A Survivor’s Tale,” Interview, ABC Television Australia, Foreign Correspondent, May 27, 2008.
Ross Bray, “Curating the Reportage Festival,” Interview, ABC Television Australia, Newshour, October 2008.
Robbie Buck, “Afghanistan, surviving a suicide bombing,” Interview, ABC Radio Australia, JJJ Morning Show, October 7, 2008.
Helen Vatsikopoulos, “Panorama photography exhibition,” Profile, ABC Television Australia, Asia Pacific Focus, July 2007.
Nick Farrow, “Panorama photography exhibition,” Profile, CH 9 Television Australia, Sunday Program, July 25, 2007.
Antony Funnell, “° South photographic exhibition,” Interview, ABC Radio National Australia, The Media Report, October 26, 2006.
Linda Sills, “Rory Peck Award Finalists: Brothers of Kabul,” Interview/Analysis, BBC Television News, Firing Line, November 2006.
Elissa Blake, “In My Own Words: Stephen Dupont,” Interview, Sunday Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, January 15, 2006, p. 22.
Karen Berkman, “° South photographic exhibition,” Interview, ABC Television Australia, Stateline, October 26, 2006.
Michael Fitzgerald, “PNG photographic exhibition,” Review, Time Magazine Australia, April 11, 2005, p. 56 – 59.
Li Xiaoyan, “Stephen Dupont – A Day in the Life,” Profile, Photo World, Shanxi Radio & Television China, July 20, 2005.
Isabelle Genoux, “Raskols of PNG,” Interview, ABC Radio Australia, In The Loop, may 17, 2005.
George Negas, “Psych War in Afghanistan,” Interview, SBS Television Australia, Dateline, Ep. 34, October 19, 2005.
Amanda Smith, “ Afghan Photography: Stephen Dupont,” Interview, ABC Radio National Australia, The Deep End, February 5, 2004
Robyn Johnston, “Witness – Australian Photojournalism Exhibition,” Interview, ABC Radio Australia, Coast to Coast, April 14, 2002
Selected Collections
* Aethenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
* Australian War Memorial, Canberra
* Amnesty International, London
* ADFA Library, UNSW, Canberra
* Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
* Boston Aethenaeum, MA
* Bernd Mayer
* Bucknell University, PA
* Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
* Cornell University, NY
* Chapman University, CA
* Dartmouth College, Hood Museum, NH
* Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, MA
* Florida Atlantic University, The Jaffe, FL
* Franklin University, OH
* Getty Collection, LA
* Greenpeace, Sydney
* Huaian International Museum of Photography, China
* Harvard University, MA
* International Center of Photography (ICP), New York
* Incite Project
* Joy of Giving Something Inc. New York
* Jack Ginsberg
* Kansas City Art Institute, KS
* Lianzhou Photography Museum, China
* Lafayette College, PA
* Minneapolis Institute of Art
* Mata and Aurthur Jaffe Colllection of Books as Aesthetic Objects, Boca Raton, FL
* Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
* Manfred Heiting
* Museum of Old & New Art (MONA), Hobart
* National Library of Victoria
* National Gallery of Victoria
* National Gallery of Australia
* National Library of Australia
* New York University
* Northwestern University, IL
* Peabody Museum, Harvard, MA
* Rotterdam Photo Institute, Holland
* Ringling College of Art and Design
* State Library of New South Wales
* Stanford University, CA
* Sasakawa Sport’s Foundation, Tokyo
* Staatlicht Museen zu Berlin Kunstbibliothek
* Sacramento Public Library, CA
* Stokes Collection, Australia
* The New York Public Library
* The British Library
* The Library of Congress, Washington DC
* The University of Chicago Library, IL
* Tate Library and Archive, Tate Britain
* Trinity College
* Temple University, PA
* Tufts University, MA
* University of California at Irvine Libraries, CA
* University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
* University of Central Florida, FL
* University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE
* University of Kansas, KS
* University of Minnesota, MN
* University of Miami, FL
* University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
* University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Centre, Storrs, CT
* University of Washington, WA
* University of Wisconsin, Kohler Art Gallery
* Wesleyan University, CT
* Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
* Yale University Art Gallery, CT
* Yale University, Robert B. Haas Family Arts, CT
Books
2023 Ukraine: A War Crime, FotoEvidence, New York, USA.
2018 Why Am I A Marine / Axe Me Biggie, War Photo Ltd, Croatia.
2015 *Generation AK: The Afghanistan Wars, 1993 - 2012, Steidl, Germany.
2013 *Piksa Niugini: Stephen Dupont’s Portraits & Diaries, Peabody Press and Radius Books,
USA
2012 *RASKOLS: The Gangs of Papua New Guinea, powerHouse, NY, USA.
Australian War Memorial: Treasures from a Century of Collecting, Australian War
Memorial & Murdoch Books.
Art in Oceania: A New History, Thames & Hudson, UK.
2011 Photographic Memory: The Album in the Age of Photography, Aperture & the Library of Congress,
USA.
Photography As Activism: Images for Social Change, Focal Press, USA.
2009 WAR ° SOUTH Collection, T & G Publishing, Australia.
2009 This Day of Change, Kodansha Co. Ltd Publishing, Japan.
2008 *AFGHANISTAN, or The Perils of Freedom, New York Public Library Publishing, USA.
2006 CONTACT – Photographs from the Australian War Memorial Collection, The AWM Publishing,
Australia.
2003 *LUTTE, Marval Publishing, France.
*FIGHT, Edition Braus, Germany.
1999 *STEAM – India’s Last Steam Trains, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK.
Exhibition Catalogues
“1997 Fashion Big Bang”, Publié aux éditions Paris Musées, 2023.
“View Finding: Monash Gallery of Art 1990—2020”, MGA, 2020, p 162
"Aftermath: The Fallout of War-America and the Middle East", Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, 2016, p 130-139, 171.
"The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism", Tasveer Arts, India, 2015, p 30-31
"Ballarat International Foto Biennale", 2015, p 12-13.
"The White Sheet Series No. 1", Limited edition book of 50, self-published, 2014, A Bordertown Book.
“WAR / PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath”, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Published by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Yale University Press, 2012, p 345, 360, 528, 544.
“Through The Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from the Alumni Collectors, Blanton Museum of Art, Published by the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013, p 106.
"WARZONE: the battlefield of peacekeeping", Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht 2010, Published by Aurora Borealis Foundation under the auspices of Noorderlicht, p 1, 4-5, 64, 159, 166-167.
“Reportage: a retrospective 1999 - 2009,” Reportage Festival 2010, Published by Momento Pro, p 59, 93, 151, 155.
“The Pursuit of Happiness: Wrestlers,” Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht 2009, Published by Aurora Borealis Foundation under the auspices of Noorderlicht, p 19.
“Another Asia: Raskols,” Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht 2006, Published by Aurora Borealis Foundation under the auspices of Noorderlicht, p 201-204.
“Traces & Omens: Tsunami,” Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht 2005, Published by Noorderlicht, Groningen, Holland, p 105-109.
“Witness to War: Official Art and Photography 1999-2003,” An Australian War Memorial Travelling Exhibition 2005, Published by the Australian War Memorial, p 17, 21, 26, 27.
“Keep the Light on Human Rights Part II,” Itami City Museum of Art, Japan 2004, Published by G.I.P Tokyo, p 14, 26, 32.
“Keep the Light on Human Rights,” Fujita Vente Museum, Tokyo, 1998, Published by G.I.P Tokyo, p 12-13.
Selected Publications
* Aperture Magazine
* Anthropological Quarterly
* French and German GEO
* GQ
* Liberation, France
* Le Monde
* Le Figaro Magazine
* Mens Journal
* Mother Jones
* Matador
* Newsweek
* Outside Magazine
* Private Magazine
* Polka Magazine
* Rolling Stone
* The New Yorker
* Time
* The New York Times Magazine
* The Sunday Times Magazine, UK
* The Independent Magazine, UK
* The Independent on Sunday Magazine, UK
* The Guardian, UK
* The Observer, UK
* The Telegraph Magazine, UK
* Vanity Fair
Filmography
2023 KAUGERE: A Place Where Nobody Enters (Feature Documentary, Cinema, Festivals), Director, Producer, Camera.
2019 A Restless Peace, subject, photography
2017 Polaroids (Expolaroid, Montelimar, France) Biopic
2016 Family Matters (ABC Australia, Foreign Correspondent) Director, Producer, Camera
Tales By Light Season 2, EP 3 (National Geographic Channel, Netflix), Presenter
2009 Raskols (Canal + France, L’Efette Papillon) Producer, Camera
2008 Afghanistan – A Survivor’s Tale (ABC Australia, Foreign Correspondent, AVRO Holland)
Director, Producer, Camera
2006 Brothers of Kabul (ABC Australia, Foreign Correspondent, CNN Unreported World,
AL-JAZEERA International, ALHURRA) Director, Producer, Camera
2006 First Contact (BBC4, UK) Camera
2005 Taliban Burning (BBC1 UK, SFDRS Germany, TV2 France, TVE Spain, AVRO Holland,
VRT Belgium, IBA Israel, YLE Finland, PRESSTV Iran) Director, Producer, Camera
2005 Psych War In Afghanistan (SBS Australia, Dateline) Camera
2004 Iraq – Recruiting for Resistance (SBS Australia, Dateline) Camera
2003 Policing Papua New Guinea (SBS Australia, Dateline) Camera
2001 War On Terror, Afghanistan (BBC World Service TV) Producer, Camera
Theatre Performances
Don't Look Away
- Mofo at MONA, Hobart, Australia, January 21-22, 2017 (World Premiere)
- Eternity Playhouse Theatre, Sydney, Australia, March 15, 2017 (Official Media Launch)
- Museum of Contemporary Art MCA, Sydney, Australia, May 27, June 6, 15, 16, 2017 (During VIVID Festival)
- Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne, August 30, 2017 (Melbourne Writers Festival)
Visiting Artist Lectures & Masterclasses
2018 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam, Holland.
2017 From Raskols to We Cut Heads: Stephen Dupont's Artist Books, National Library of Australia.
2016 Harn Museum of Art & University of Florida, keynotes and lectures, Gainesville, USA.
2015 Making Artist Books in the 21st Century Workshop with Marshall Weber, CCP, Melbourne, Australia.
2014 CCP Masterclass, Melbourne
AIPP The Nikon Event, Gold Coast, keynote presentation.
ADFA Library, UNSW, Special guest lecture, Canberra, Australia.
2013 Nachtwey/Dupont Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Guest Lecture, USA
State Library of NSW, Australia
2012 David Alan Harvey Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
The University of Western Australia, Berndt Museum, Special Guest Lecture, Perth, Australia
2011 agIDEAS Design Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Auckland International Photography Festival, New Zealand.
Reframe Newcastle Project & Masterclass, Australia
AIPA Image Nation 2011 Photography Conference Masterclass and Lecture, Auckland, New Zealand
La Trobe University Photography Workshop, Bendigo, Australia
2010 Semi-Permanent, Brisbane, Australia.
2009 Reflexions Masterclass, Venice, Italy.
Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Asutralia.
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
2008 James Nachtwey & David Alan Harvey Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand.
Reportage Festival, Sydney, Australia.
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia.
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia.
2007 State Library of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2006 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia.
Ping Yao International Photography Festival, China.
2005 The Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
2004 McDonald College of Performing Arts, Sydney, Australia.
1998 London College of Printing, London, UK.
Conferences/Symposiums
2019 Aperture Photography Conference, Sydney, Australia.
2017 Guest Highlight, Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne, Australia.
Guest speaker, Inaugural International Humanitarian Law Symposium, University of Sydney, November 1 - 3, 2017.
2015 Photo Book Melbourne Fair, Photo Book Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Cultivator, Mildura, VIC, Australia.
2014 Dodd Center, University of Connecticut, USA presents A Week in the Humanities.
2012 Head On Festival seminar, The personal works of Stephen Dupont, Sydney, Australia May 6, 2012.
2011 Bendigo Gallery of Art & La Trobe University hosts American Dreams: Photography Symposium,
Bendigo, Australia, May 20, 2001.
Head On Festival presents From Gutenberg to Ipad: The Future of Photojournalism and How to
Survivein a Changing Industry, National Art School, Sydney, Australia, May 14, 2011.
Sydney Writer's Festival & Head On Festival presents No Typos: Telling the Story in Images, Sydney
Theatre Company, Sydney, Australia, May 22, 2011.
PMA Australia, Sydney Canon EOS World Stand Talk ( Seconds With ), June 26, 2011.
2010 PMA Australia, Melbourne Photojournalism lectures alongside Tim Page. Sponsored by Fujifilm.
2009 ICRC, ABC Television and the University of Technology hosts Reporting Wars: Challenges &
Responsibilities Conference (Panel: Media Under Fire), Sydney, Australia, May 18, 2009.
PMA Australia, Sydney Lecture on Photography in the Digital Age, sponsored by Apple.
2008 Sydney Festival presents Eat Drink Talk Art (Making Art out of War)
Panel: Fergus Linehan, Festival Director and John Tiffany and Neil
Murray from National Theatre of Scotland, January 16, 2009.
Selected Fairs
2023 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2020 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2017 La Quatrieme Image Festival, Paris
2016 Arles Festival, France
Los Angeles Art Book Fair (LAABF 2016)
Editions / Artists Book Fair (EABF 2016)
2015 Photo Book Fair, Melbourne
2014 57th New England Book Show
2013 Editions / Artists Book Fair
LA Art Book Fair
2012 Editions / Artists Book Fair
New York Art Book Fair
Artist-In-Residence
2009 The Sydney Festival, Australia
1994 World Press Photo Masterclass, Rotterdam, Holland
Selected Magazines, Books, Exhibitions & Festivals Curated, Designed & Edited
2020 NAM CONTACT, Vietnam War photography book for Tim Page, Australia
2014 REPORTAGE Festival, Director for Don McCullin Retrospective, State Library of NSW, Sydney
2013 REPORTAGE Festival of Photography (With VIVID), Director, Sydney
2012 DECADE & DECADENT, Retrospective books of Rennie Ellis, Melbourne
2011 TAKE Magazine ( Inaugural Issue #01 ), Sydney
2010 REPORTAGE – a retrospective 1999 - 2009, National Art School, Sydney
2009 WAR – ° South Collective, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2008 REPORTAGE – Festival of Photojournalism, Chauvel Cinema and
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Essays & Writing
2018 Freedom Of The Presses: Lost Dogs, p. 98, published by Booklyn.
Awards Juried
2019 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, Sydney
2014 Australian Life Photography Exhibition for Art & About, Sydney
2010 Moran Photographic Prizes, Sydney
2009 The CCP & Leica Documentary Photography Award, Australia
2008 Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) for Photography, Australia
The Head On Portrait Prize, Australia
The Jack Picone & Stephen Dupont Reportage Photography Workshops
2018 Havana, Cuba
2017 Kathmandu, Nepal
2015 Havana, Cuba
2014 Rangoon, Burma
2012 Luang Prabang, Laos
Havana, Cuba
2011 Ubud, Bali
2010 Siem Reap, Cambodia
Kathmandu, Nepal
Sydney, Australia
2009 Sydney, Australia
2007 Kathmandu, Nepal