MARK CHEW PHOTOGRAPHER

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Mark moved to Australia in 1985 after school and an apprenticeship in London with some of the leading advertising photographers of the era.

Since then his work has taken him all over the world with assignments in places such as India, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Laos, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea.

With a career spanning 30 years, Mark’s current clients include Australia’s leading educational institutions, peak tourism bodies, and publishers.

However, it is his work with the not-for-profit sector and non-government organisations that align best with his personal values; He endeavours to tell visual stories with authenticity and truthfulness, traits that are becoming threatened by world of AI and fractured attention spans. As aid and development budgets are shattered, our concern for the most vulnerable, must go beyond our local communities, and into the global sphere.

Mark invites you to slow down, to put your phone away, look hard at each photograph and for a short moment to place yourselves in the shoes of another. He asks you not to feel guilty for all that you have, but instead feel a connection to another human being.