Glenn Lockitch
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Profile
Glenn Lockitch is an award-winning independent social documentary, human rights and environmental photojournalist. He has been photographing in Australia and overseas for the last 18 years, and has been widely published and exhibited. He has co-produced the sell-out Sydney digital photographic projection show Cross Projections.
Glenn has been the news editor for the Sydney street newspaper the City Hub, and photographed, documented and strategised for local and international non-government organisations. In the late 1990’s he was one of the initial free-speech activists working on one of the ground-breaking global Indymedia news websites now based in over 200 cities worldwide.
Glenn’s work has been published in numerous books, magazines (including Rolling Stone Australia, Time Magazine Australia, Australian Photojournalist, Pro Photo, Professional Photography, Australian Photography, Foto Lithuania), Newspapers (including The San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The New Zealand Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald), Online News (including The Japan Times Online, Yahoo News, NBC Online, ABC Online, The Sun Herald Online), News Agencies (including AP, AAP, Reuters, AFP, Getty Images) and numerous human rights and environmental reports.
Awards
2010 Walkley Slide Night - Third place for ‘Whale Wars’.
2009 New York Photo Festival - Nomination (final round) in Book Category for ‘TAXI!’ series.
2008 Walkley Slide Night - Tied third place for ‘Blood Diamonds’.
2006 Newtown Flicks Film Festival - Finalist selection for ‘TAXI!’
2005 Reportage Photojournalist Festival - Winner People’s Choice Award for ‘TAXI!’
Amnesty International ‘Freedom’ exhibition - Third place for photo series on global human rights and environment issues.
Workshops
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Glenn Lockitch
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Tutors
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Daniel Linnet Daniel is the principal tutor of Sydney Photographic Workshops. His initial passion for art was his oil painting and sketching, occasionally using his camera to take reference shots. His interest in photography grew as he was drawn to the immediacy of his photographic images. |
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Kim Welinski Kim Christopher Welinski, is the owner and principal photographer of Asterisk Photography. He studied at the University of Technology, Sydney where he obtained a Bachelor of Business degree with distinction. He then spent the next fourteen years working in the financial markets. Though interested in photography from a very young age, he decided to study the art form in order to realise his dream of becoming a professional photographer. He then went on to hone his skills under the guidance of several master photographers. |
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Frank Farrugia Frank Farrugia is a photographer and graphic designer who whilst completing his Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication, majored in Photomedia. His passion lies within the commercial photography realm, with an emphasis on merging portraiture with fashion. Frank’s work is both expressive and reflective thereby creating exciting and stylised images suited to a wider range of genres. |
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Benjamin Lee After finishing an economics degree at Macquarie University, Ben headed to Thailand, India and Nepal for his first overseas trip in the early 1990s. Partly inspired by his father, a keen painter and photographer, Ben made good use of the Canon AE1 which his father gave him to capture his journey. It was during this time his true passion for photography was born. |
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Marc Gafen Marc began his career in the corporate world, and later decided to take a significant change in direction. In late 2000, he left the world of big business to become a professional photographer. Whilst learning from some of Australia’s most respected advertising photographers, he also began his writing career. He wrote features for Pro Photo briefly before becoming a regular contributor to Capture magazine. Later, Marc was appointed editor of the magazine, which is one of Australia’s fastest growing photography publications.
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Glenn Lockitch
Glenn Lockitch is an award-winning independent social documentary, human rights and environmental photojournalist. He has been photographing in Australia and overseas for the last 18 years, and has been widely published and exhibited.
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Sarah Ryan After graduating with a bachelor of design in visual communication with a major in photo media Sarah started her company Stealth Photographics and went on to complete a certificate IV business management as well as assessment and training. |