Michael Coyne

Michael Coyne is an Australian photojournalist. He has traveled extensively and photographed subjects including conflict, refugees and indigenous communities. Coyne's work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 2001, he received the Centenary Medal from the Australian Government.

Photojournalism In 1985, Coyne was on assignment in post revolutionary Iran. News Ltd journalist Suzanne Clarke wrote that "Coyne says he is not drawn to war seeking adventure and adrenalin. "I am more interested in the people. I am not interested in the soldiers . . . but in how the people are coping.""

Academia He obtained his doctorate through publication, "A Life in Documentary Practice".

Dr Coyne is a Senior Fellow at Australia's Photography Studies College, and previously was granted the title of adjunct professor at RMIT in Melbourne in 2003.

Plays about Coyne Coyne's life has been documented in writer Graeme Pitts' plays, Tour of Duty and Second Spring – a Letter To My Daughter, which explore some of the tensions and apprehensions experienced by him in relation to his work as a photojournalist.

Publications Books by Coyne

Tour of Duty - East Timor. Melbourne: Australia-East Timor Association, 2002. With an essay by Graham Pitts. .

No Cheap Shots. 2006.

"Village Hearing the Grass Grow". Melbourne, Australia. 2023.

Books with one other

Books with contributions by Coyne The Jew called Jesus

War – A South Collection #1 (T&G)

Other selected Contributions to books

1984 AUSTRALIA, II JC MANAGEMENT Sydney Australia 1984 The Australians Melbourne, Australia 1995 BEYOND Black & White. Portside Editions Melbourne, Australia. 1996 Jerusalem: In the Shadow of Heaven, Harper Collins San Francisco, USA. 1997 Black Star: 60 Years of Photojournalism, Konneman. Chicago, USA. 2000 24 Hours in the Life of Australia, Random House Sydney, Australia. 1999 New Zealand the Millennium: Abe Books Auckland, New Zealand 2003 A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces, Harper Collins San Francisco, USA, 2012 War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath Yale University Press, New Haven, USA 2020 Paper Tigers, Head On Foundation Sydney, Australia

Awards 1980 Best Designed Book. Australia. The Oz Factor 1985 POY (Pictures of the Year), Iran Under the Ayatollah (Second Place). 1985 Overseas Press Club of America, Iran Under the Ayatollah (Citation for Excellence). 1997 Best Designed Religious Book of The Year, Australia. Second Spring The Regeneration of the Jesuits. 2001: Centenary Medal from the Australian Government in recognition of his contribution to "Australian society and photography" 2005 Their Story is My Story, Daylesford Foto Biennelle, 2005, featured 30 of Coyne's images, with more than 100 also being presented on screen. 2006 Five Ringed Circus View Street Gallery Bendigo, Australia. 2006 Five Ringed Circus Monash Gallery of Art Melbourne, Australia. 2006 Numurkah Lakes & Roses Monash Gallery of Art Melbourne, Australia. 2006 Their Story is My Story Tour of Capital cities in Australia. 2007 Body of Knowledge 45 Downstairs Melbourne, Australia. 2007 Body of Knowledge Frankston Art Centre, Australia. 2007 Body of Knowledge Dudley Art Gallery, Bendigo, Australia. 2008 Numurkah Lakes & Roses PICA Brisbane, Australia. 2008 Body of Knowledge Art Space Wodonga, Australia. 2008 Body of Knowledge Performing Arts Centre Geelong, Australia. 2008 Second Spring The Regeneration of the Jesuits Museum of Chivilcoy, Argentina. 2009 Numurkah Lakes & Roses The Library Numurkah, Australia. 2009 Village-Hearing the Grass Grow Fringe Club, Hong Kong. 2009 Second Spring The Regeneration of the Jesuits FCC Hong Kong. 2009 Embodied in Stone Fringe Club. Hong Kong. 2009 Embodied in Stone Fringe Club. Wuyi, China. 2010 Body of Knowledge Central TAFE Art Gallery Perth, Australia. 2010 Five Ringed Circus Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. 2012 X factor PHOTNET Gallery Melbourne, Australia. 2013 PNG Head On Foundation Sydney, Australia. 2013 New Guinea on Mobile, Manning Clark House Canberra. 2012 Villages – Hearing the Grass Grow, Tafe Sydney Institute of Photography. 2022 Insiders & outsiders, Alison Stieven-Taylor, Brian Cassey, Mouneb Taim, Giles Clarke. 2014 Body of Knowledge Town Hall Melbourne, Australia. 2015 The Weather Is Different A Few Miles Away Magnet Gallery Melbourne, Australia. 2016 Hearing the Grass Grow SHOOT Gallery Perth, Australia. 2022 Paper Tigers, Delmar Gallery, Victoria Street, Ashfield NSW, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions

1995 Amnesty Yes Myer Gallery Melbourne, Australia. 1996 Planet Vegas National tour of the USA. 2003 Day in the Life of the United States Forces National tour of the USA. 2000 New Zealand the Millennium National tour of New Zealand. 2005 Our Days Are Numbered Foto Biennale Daylesford, Australia. 2006 Degree South Powerhouse Brisbane, Australia. 2007 Degree South Foto Biennale Daylesford, Australia. 2008 Degree South VIVID Canberra, Australia. 2008 MAP VIVID Canberra, Australia. 2009 Degree South WAR ACP Sydney, Australia. 2009 Degree South WAR FotoFreo Freemantle, Australia. 2010 Degree South WAR Powerhouse Brisbane, Australia. 2012 WAR PHOTOGRAPH: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Washington. USA. 2013 Degree South PEACE MGA Melbourne, Australia. 2014 Iran Reportage Festival Sydney, Australia. 2019 Paper Tigers Head On Sydney, Australia. 2023 Stories from the Picture Press: Black Star The Image Centre Toronto, Canada. 2023 Paper Tigers 02 Head On Sydney, Australia.