The Photographer

Some images haunt you. Others demand justice.

As an army sweeps through a town, a war photographer falls in with them. At first, the camera is there to bear witness to the atrocities of war. But as time progresses, the photographer begins to question their role.

Whose truth will be told? How close do they need to be? And what would those pictures say about us all?

Mark Rafidi, surfer, teacher, and author, navigates life between the waves and words on Murramarang Country of the NSW south coast. Coming from mixed heritage, his stories explore identity, belonging, and the intricacies of Australian society.A published author of three books, Mark delves into diverse genres. He interviewed picture book creators in Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, crafted a nuanced portrait of displacement in his creative nonfiction novel Ishmael's Oud, and unleashed a young adult adventure in The Library at the Edge of the World.

Paul O'Sullivan is a voracious artist, philosopher and collector of ideas. He is the illustrator for Gary Crew's picture books, The Visions of Ichabod X, (Short Listed for The Australian Book Designers Award) Timing the Machine and The Eva Carmichael Story, The Wreck of the Loch Ard published by Harbour Publishing, in addition to collaborating on Rich and Rare published by Ford St Publishing which received a notable at The CBCA. The detailed illustrations contain Steampunk-style elements and reflect Paul's fascination with the silent films of the early years of cinema and a lifelong obsession with the 1930s which he attributes to being raised by older parents in the post-war city of Plymouth UK. Follow Paul O'Sullivan's Facebook page for more information about his art and illustrations.