David Dare Parker (Australia) 2009-03-17 22:23:16
 David Dare Parker, Australia
A Walkley Award winning photographer, David Dare Parker has photographed for
many national and international maga
zines throughout Asia, the Middle East,
Europe and Australasia. Publications include LeMonde, Stern, L'Express, Focus,
Australian Geographic, The Bulletin, The New York Times, Fortune and Time
Australia. He is featured in the Australian War Memorial book ˇ®ContactˇŻ ¨C
Australian War Photographers.
In January 2002 he was asked to co-ordinate a safety awareness course for
Afghan Journalists in Peshawar, Pakistan for the International Federation of
Journalists. During April and May of 2003 he was the Official War Photographer
for the Australian War Memorial during Operation Falconer in the Middle East,
the first time an Official Photographer had been assigned by the AWM since the
Korean War.
He has also worked extensively in film, television and the performing arts.
Clients include Perth Theatre Company, Black Swan Theatre, the WA Opera Company,
Bell Shakespeare Company, ABC TV, Film Australia and the Australian Ballet.
He was one of the original co-founders of the Reportage Festival of
Photojournalism in Sydney, is a Director of FotoFreo Photographic Festival and
is a Walkley Advisory Board Member. He is represented by ˇăSOUTH in Australia and
OnAsia Images in Asia.
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CHIPP has now established itself as a highly recorded event.
It gives fresh life to important work ensuring that strong photographs are
given yet another chance to inform and move us. |
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