Trent Parke
Introduction '''Trent Parke''' (born 1971) is an Australian photographer. He is the husband of Narelle Autio, with whom he often collaborates. He has created a number of photography books; won numerous national and international awards including four World Press Photo awards; and his photographs are held in numerous public and private collections. He is a member of Magnum Photos.
Life and work Parke was born and brought up in Newcastle, New South Wales; he now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He started photography when he was twelve. At age 13 he watched his mother die from an asthma attack. He has worked as a photojournalist for ''The Australian'' newspaper.Martin Parr and Gerry Badger say that Parke's first book ''Dream/Life'' is "as dynamic a set of street pictures as has been seen outside the United States or Japan".In 2003 he and his wife, the photographer Narelle Autio, made a 90,000 km trip around Australia, resulting in Parke's books ''Minutes to Midnight'' and ''The Black Rose. ''Parke became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2001.He became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2002 and a member in 2007; the first Australian invited to join.
Publications ===Publications by Parke===* ''Dream/Life''. Kirribilli, N.S.W, Australia: Hot Chilli Press, 1999..* ''The Seventh Wave: Photographs of Australian Beaches''. Kirribilli, N.S.W, Australia: Hot Chilli Press, 2000.Hardback . Paperback . With Narelle Autio. Includes an essay on the beach in Australian culture by Robert Drewe. * ''Minutes to Midnight''. Paris: Filigranes Éditions, 2005.32 pages, 20 plates, paperback. . * ''Bedknobs & Broomsticks''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Little Brown Mushroom, 2010..* ''The Christmas Tree Bucket – Trent Parke's Family Album''. Göttingen: Steidl, 2013..* ''Minutes to Midnight''. Göttingen: Steidl, 2013.96 pages, hardback. . **Göttingen: Steidl, 2014.96 pages, hardback. . *''The Black Rose.'' Adelaide, Australia: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2015.Published to accompany an exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 March – 10 May 2015. *''Crimson Line.'' London: Stanley/Barker, 2020..**Second edition with subtle changes. London: Stanley/Barker, 2021..*''Cue The Sun''. London: Stanley/Barker, 2021..===Publications with contributions by Parke===*''So now then.'' Cardiff: Ffotogallery, 2006.. Edited by Paul Seawright and Christopher Coppock. Photographs by Parke, Shelby Lee Adams, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Chien-Chi Chang, Weng Fen, Julio Grinblatt, An-My Lê Susan Meiselas, Boris Mikhailov, Simon Norfolk, Paul Shambroom, Massimo Vitali and Michael Wesely. Essays by David Campany, "Straight pictures of a crooked world"; Martha Langford, "What use is photography"; and Jan-Erik Lundström, "Look and tell: some further thoughts on the documentary genre". An anthology of international documentary photography commissioned by Hereford Photo Festival. Edition of 1000. *''A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive.'' Munich: Prestel; New York, Paris, London, Tokyo: Magnum Photos, 2010..* ''10 – 10 Years of In-Public''. London: Nick Turpin, 2010..*''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' Edited by Kristen Lubben. **''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2011..**''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.. Compact edition. **''Magnum Contact Sheets: Trent Parke, The Seventh Wave, 2000 (Collector's Edition).'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2011..*''The Street Photographer's Manual.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.. By David Gibson. Includes a chapter on Parke. *''The World Atlas of Street Photography.'' New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014.. Edited by Jackie Higgins. With a foreword by Max Kozloff. *''Photographers' Sketchbooks.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.. Edited by Stephen McLaren and Bryan Formhals. *''100 Great Street Photographs.'' Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2017.By David Gibson. . Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Parke.*''Home.'' Tokyo: Magnum Photos Tokyo, 2018..
Films ===Films by Parke===*''The Summation of Force'' – eight channel film directed by Parke, Autio and Matthew Bate===Documentaries about Parke===*''Dreamlives'' (2002). Directed and produced by Jennifer Crone. Includes Trent and Autio. *''Trent Parke: The Black Rose'' (2015). Directed by Catherine Hunter. Includes Parke, Autio and Geoff Dyer. Broadcast on ABC, 21 April 2015.
Awards *1996–1998: 5 Gold Lenses, International Olympic Committee. *1999: Second prize, Daily Life category, World Press Photo Award (for "Bathurst Car Races"). *2000: Second prize, Daily Life stories category, World Press Photo Award 1999 (for "The Seventh Wave"). *2000: Canon photo essay prize, Sasakawa World Sports Awards. *2001: First prize, Nature stories category, World Press Photo Award 2000, with Narelle Autio (for "Australian Roadkill" series). *2003: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. *2005: Third prize, Daily Life category, World Press Photo Award 2004 (for "Wiluna"). *2007: Exhibiting Finalist – Australian National Photographic Portrait Prize. *2014: Winner of Photography category, Prudential Eye Awards by Global Eye Program. *2014: Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2015, Gold medal, Konzeptionell-künstlerische Fotobildbänd (Conceptually-artistic photobook) category, went to Steidl for ''Minutes to Midnight'', along with three other winners.
Exhibitions * 2000: ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – Stills Gallery, Sydney. * 2002: ''Dream/Life'' and ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – Canvas International Art Gallery, Amsterdam. * 2002: ''Dva Pivo Prosim (Two Beers Please)'' (with Narelle Autio) – Stills Gallery, Sydney. * 2002: ''Sydney Treasures'', Art & About, Sydney. * 2002: ''Dream/Life & Beyond'' – Stills Gallery, Sydney. * 2004: ''Dream/Life'' and ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – FotoFreo Photographic Festival, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle. * 2004: ''Dream/Life'' and ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Narelle Autio) – Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York. * 2004: ''Suspended States'', Sydney Arts Festival. * 2004: ''Minutes to Midnight'' – Part One, Leica Gallery, Germany. * 2005: ''Minutes to Midnight'', Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. * 2005: ''Colour Work'', Stills Gallery, Sydney. * 2006: ''Minutes to Midnight'', Wollongong City Gallery* 2007: ''Welcome to Nowhere'', Stills Gallery, Sydney. Part of ''New Blood'', Magnum Photos 60th anniversary exhibition. With Antoine D'Agata, Jonas Bendiksen, Mark Power and Alec Soth. * 2008: ''Christmas Tree Bucket'', Stills Gallery, Sydney. * 2009: ''Minutes to Midnight'', Children's Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia. * 2009: ''Please step quietly everyone can hear you'', Sydney Opera House. * 2010: ''Survey Show'', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. * 2013: ''To the Sea'' with Narelle Autio, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. *2013: ''The Christmas Tree Bucket,'' National Gallery of Australia, 20 December 2013 – 23 February 2014. * 2014: ''The Camera is God'', The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. * 2014: ''The Camera is God'', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. * 2015: ''The Black Rose'', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 March – 10 May 2015.Part of the 2015 Adelaide Festival. *''The Crimson Line,'' Hugo Michell Gallery, 31 October – 23 November 2019
Collections Parke's work is held in the following public collections:* National Gallery of Australia, Canberra* National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne: 7 prints (as of November 2018)* National Library of Australia* Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney* Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: 1 print (as of November 2018)* University of Sydney Union, University of Sydney, Sydney
References
External links * Parke's profile at Magnum Photos* Parke's profile at In-Public* Parke discusses Minutes To Midnight (video)* 'Trent Parke – Dreamlives (2002) – Australian Story' (video)* Parke at Hugo Michell Gallery